(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - It always seemed odd that the region's only true democracy was off limits to the Royal Family. The unspoken rationale appeared to be that a Royal presence would give Israel kudos the British government was reluctant to bestow. The symbolism of this event, therefore, cannot be overestimated and its importance has not been lost on Israel. Seventy years after the foundation of the Jewish state, this is seen as treating Israel as a normal, established democratic nation, not an international pariah.
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