Overview

• Robinson arrived in Israel on Wednesday at the invitation of Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli.
• He is scheduled to speak Saturday night in Tel Aviv at an event sponsored by Likud Tel Aviv and Betar Worldwide.
• The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council condemned the visit following the Manchester synagogue attack.
• Yad Vashem’s director said the institution is not involved in the planned visit.
• Reports say the invite was issued the day after the Manchester attack, and Robinson is also due to visit the Jabotinsky Institute, prompting a scholar’s resignation from its academic committee.