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Priti Patel is flying back from Africa to be sacked over her secret meetings with Israeli PM ­Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials.

The Secretary of State for ­International Development faced ­accusations she risked making Britain look like it favoured Tel Aviv over ­Palestine in the fragile Middle East talks.

Tory MP Anna Soubry suggested that Ms Patel had already been sacked even though she is still in the air at the moment.

She was discussing the situation with on Radio Five Live with Labour MP Mary Creagh who said: "I think she already has been [sacked]. And I think what we’re seeing is the PM perhaps giving her the dignity of landing on British soil and being able to offer her resignation.

"But there is no other reason for her to cut short a trip in this way. All my political instincts tell me that she’s toast."

Anna Soubry agreed saying: "I’m with Mary. I think Mary’s instincts are usually good and on this one, I’m sure she’s right."

This morning Ms Patel boarded a plane to return to the UK cutting short a trip to Uganda.

It emerged last night Theresa May only learned Ms Patel may have discussed giving money to the Israeli army with officials when it was reported in the media yesterday morning.

Ms Patel apologised publicly and to the PM for having the 12 meetings on her “family holiday” to the country in August.

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Mrs May’s spokesman earlier said: “Nobody’s pretending the Secretary of State handled this situation well, and that’s why she has apologised.”

But Number 10 insisted the PM still had “full ­confidence” in Ms Patel.

Shadow Foreign Office Minister Jon Trickett last night wrote to Mrs May suggesting Ms Patel could be guilty of “at least four serious breaches of the Ministerial Code” and called for her to quit.

It was yesterday reported she had on her return from Israel asked officials to see if Britain could support ­humanitarian operations by the Israeli army in the occupied Golan Heights area.

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She was told that because the Government does not officially recognise Israel’s claim to the region, it would be difficult.

Ms Patel did not meet with Palestinian officials on the trip, leading to fears the Government is siding with Israel. Downing St denied any policy had changed.

Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi insisted Ms Patel only held the meetings because she is a “workaholic”. But not a single Tory MP defended her in a Commons debate on the issue, brought by Labour.

Lib Dem International Development spokeswoman Baroness Sheehan said: “She goes rogue, meets with a foreign Prime Minister in secret without her officials and all without the knowledge of our Prime Minister. She has forfeited the respect of colleagues and should go.”

If Ms Patel is fired today, she will become the second senior minister to leave after Sir Michael Fallon was forced out over sexual harassment claims.