Boris Johnson is to visit Israel next week - his first official trip since becoming Foreign Secretary.
The former mayor is scheduled to visit Jerusalem during the tour, which comes six months after he attended Shimon Peres’ funeral.
Only last week Mr Johnson had reaffirmed the UK’s strong support of Israel in the face of recent terror rocket attacks from Hamas and other groups.
In Foreign Office Questions last week he stated: “Nobody should underestimate the very real security threat facing Israel”, and underlining that the UK government is “firmly on the side of the Israelis as they face that threat”.
