Micheál Martin: ‘This visit is an important opportunity to see the political, security and human rights situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory’
Tánaiste Micheál Martin will begin his trip in Israel on Monday before travelling to the occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins DublinTánaiste Micheál Martin will hold a series of political meetings during a visit to the Middle East this week.
He will begin his trip in Israel on Monday before travelling to the occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan. As well as meeting with leaders, he will engage with UN and civil society partners providing support to people in the region. In Israel, the Tánaiste plans to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, president Isaac Herzog and foreign minister Eli Cohen.
He will meet with President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied Palestinian territory before travelling to Jordan, where engagements will include a meeting with deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ayman Safadi.
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