(Sun-UK) David Willetts and Jack Royston - Prince Charles was set to travel to Israel to honor 16,000 British and Commonwealth war dead at the centenary of the WW1 Palestine Campaign and the historic Balfour Declaration. But insiders say the trip - penciled in for later this year - has now been dropped by the Foreign Office. The heir to the throne was set to become the first Royal to carry out an official state visit to Israel since it was created in 1948. Australian PM Malcom Turnbull has confirmed he will attend commemoration services. Col. Richard Kemp, a former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, wrote, "The Foreign Office's Camel Corps have sabotaged any chance of a visit to Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. Out of respect for our war dead, the Prime Minister must overturn this timid and mean-spirited ban."
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