Boris Johnson and Priti Patel: is this the best British diplomacy has to offer? On the same day, she told the Guardian that the foreign secretary and foreign office officials knew of the meetings. On Tuesday morning, it emerged that a conversation had taken place between Patel and Israeli officials about funnelling money via the Israeli army. The Israeli army runs field hospitals there to care for Syrians wounded in the civil war. The Israeli military’s main humanitarian operation in the Golan Heights is Operation Good Neighbour, an effort to aid Syrian civilians.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 12:26 UTC