(Times of Israel) UK International Development Secretary Priti Patel is under fire for holding unauthorized talks with Israeli officials while on a family vacation in Israel in August. She discussed providing UK aid to help Israel's efforts to treat wounded Syrians in the Golan Heights. On Monday Patel issued a full apology. "In hindsight, I can see how my enthusiasm to engage in this way could be misread, and how meetings were set up and reported in a way which did not accord with the usual procedures."
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