PRINCE WILLIAM VISITS ISRAEL’S HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
PRINCE William began his visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and a soccer game with Arab and Jewish youth.
He also had an introduction to Tel Aviv’s vibrant startup scene.
The prince is the first member of the British royal family to pay an official visit to Israel. Though the trip is being billed as non-political, the prince is meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting sites at the heart of the century-old conflict.
He started off the day with a visit to Yad Vashem, where he met with two survivors who escaped Nazi Germany for the safety of Britain.
“It has been a profoundly moving experience to visit Yad Vashem today,” he wrote in the memorial’s guest book.
For the 36-year-old William, second in line to the throne, it marks a high-profile visit that could burnish his international credentials. After Yad Vashem, he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara.