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Ben White, middleeastmonitor.com

Image from article, with caption:As both a settler and active supporter of the settlement enterprise, Edelstein [right] is also opposed to Palestinian statehood in the Occupied Territories

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Yuli Edelstein, the Speaker of Israel’s Knesset, will address British MPs and Lords on March 2 in Westminster, at an event organised by the British Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU). The meeting will be chaired by Louise Ellman MP, chair of the All-Party Britain-Israel Parliamentary Group. ...

In January 2012, Edelstein helped host 70 international journalists for a tour of West Bank settlements. The same year, Edelstein spoke at Ariel University, located in a settlement of the same name, on the topic of Israel’s public diplomacy efforts.  ...