British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Saturday night for a two day visit. Following in the footsteps of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President George W. Bush, Brown will also deliver a speech in the Knesset.
During his brief visit to mark Israel’s 60th Independence anniversary, the British Prime Minister will meet with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni. Topics for discussion will include the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Palestinian arena as well as Syria.
Brown will also meet with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Bethlehem.
Britain recently became the first European country to place Hizbullah’s military wing on its list of terrorist organizations. Until now the European Union has refused to place the organization on its black list.By declaring Hizbullah a terror organization the move outlaws raising funds, encouraging support or belonging to Hizbullah’ s military wing.Brown also told members of the British parliament that one of the reasons it was necessary to make the decision on Hizbullah now rather then later was due to evidence of its involvement in terrorist activities in Iraq and its plans to kidnap British security workers employed there.07/18/08
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