LONDON: Britain’s overseas aid minister Priti Patel quit on Wednesday over unauthorised meetings in Israel, becoming the latest cabinet member felled by scandals that have rocked Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. Patel had apologised on Monday for holding 12 separate meetings – including with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – during a family holiday to Israel in August, without notifying the Foreign Office or Downing Street in advance. She said they were arranged by Lord Stuart Polak, honorary president of the lobbying group Conservative Friends of Israel. During her meetings, Patel discussed the possibility of British aid being used to support medical assistance for Syrian refugees arriving in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Downing Street said. The British aid ministry declined to comment on the report.

Source: New Strait Times November 08, 2017 22:52 UTC