Israel closes its British consulate in East Jerusalem
Israel ordered the UK to close its East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days, with the deadline ending on Thursday. The UK said it would not recognize the closure and maintained the consulate would remain open. The UK imposed sanctions on Israeli settlements and is considering expelling Israeli diplomats.
- Israel ordered Britain to close its East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days, with the deadline ending on Thursday.
- Ed Miliband stated the UK does not recognize Israel's right to close the consulate and said it would remain open.
- The UK consulate in East Jerusalem serves Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza and is located in an eastern part of Jerusalem.
- London is considering expelling 27 Israeli diplomats from its embassy and threatening to expel one for each British diplomat.
- The UK imposed sanctions on Israeli settlements, banning imports of goods from settlements in the West Bank.
- Stephen Doughty told Sky News that Britain is in ongoing talks with Israel.
- Workers removed signs from the British consulate in East Jerusalem and most diplomats will leave.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said 20 British diplomats would leave Israel.
- Israel allowed seven diplomats to remain in the consulate and stated it had stopped operating in its former capacity.
- Britain will rename the consulate as the UK Mission and the Foreign Secretary said the building will function as a UK Mission.
- The consulate has been in Jerusalem since about 1839.
- UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said some staff were temporarily withdrawn for security reasons and plans to rebuild diplomatic presence in the city.
- Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1980.
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