U.K. Cabinet Minister Resigns Over Secret Israeli Meetings
- Aid secretary Patel held unofficial meeting with Netanyahu
- She failed to tell PM May or U.K. Foreign Office in advance
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Priti Patel resigned as U.K. international development secretary over talks with the Israeli government behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s back after more revelations of undisclosed visits came to light.
Patel failed to tell either May or the U.K. Foreign Office that she would be having 12 meetings with officials including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a 13-day holiday in Israel in August. On Tuesday, it emerged that she had suggested giving British aid money to an Israeli army project and that she had held further unauthorized meetings.