The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak only has to look to the global leader in chief President Biden, to see how delicate diplomatic missions like this carry real risk.
In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on Israel, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the US and UK as the 'two countries in the frontline of support'. And it is in that spirit Rishi Sunak will on Thursday follow President Biden in a diplomatic dash to the region. This visit is intended as a show of solidarity with Israel.
His team are keeping under wraps what other countries he might visit beyond Israel, with one eye on security concerns and the other on what happened to carefully laid US plans in light of the bombing.
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