Newly released documents reveal that Scottish Government officials exchanged hundreds of emails and WhatsApp messages about a controversial meeting with an Israeli representative, sparking public outcry. Despite claiming the meeting was 'normal diplomatic', the government refused to release most of the communications.
Scottish Government officials exchanged hundreds of emails and WhatsApp messages about a controversial meeting with an Israel i representative.
They’ve refused to release the majority of the emails they exchanged about the meeting and 48 WhatsApp messages are also completely redacted. Dozens of Whatsapps were exchanged between an International Relations employee and an unknown other individual between July 30 and August 13. The Scottish Government has refused to release the exchanges.The Government documents confirm that First Minister John Swinney was aware of the event and sanctioned the Culture Secretary’s attendance.
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