STORY: Sunak is the latest Western leader to visit Jerusalem to not only show support for Israel but to try to negotiate a way to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas and provide those in Gaza with humanitarian aid.
The flurry of diplomacy is a step change from what some commentators say has been a decade of declining British influence in the Middle East, with London being seen as a junior partner of the United States.
Sunak was due to visit other regional capitals after Israel - a trip which coincided with one made by his foreign secretary, James Cleverly, who will travel to Egypt, Turkey and Qatar over the next three days.
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