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Israel sets deadline for UK to close consulate
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TEL AVIV — Israel gave Britain 30 days to close its East Jerusalem consulate in response to sanctions on goods from settlements, a measure Britain's leader said Wednesday was needed to "stand against injustice" in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem in response to UK sanctions on settlements, foreign minister says
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged comprehensive measures in response to the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as UN figures show unprecedented 2026 settler attacks and about 750,000 settlers living in the area.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for the immediate expulsion of the British ambassador amid anticipated UK sanctions targeting goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, denouncing the move as antisemitic.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank as the UK joined France and ten other countries in banning imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied territory.
TEL AVIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday said that it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem, accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, after London announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements.
Israel is pushing back against new trade restrictions that the United Kingdom imposed on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The retaliatory countermeasures, which included closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem and expelling British aid workers from the U.S.
By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israel has told Britain it must close its East Jerusalem consulate within a month, Israeli officials said on Wednesday, as a retaliatory step against sanctions that Britain, France and Canada have announced against settlements.
TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives assigned to a U.S.
By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israel has told the United Kingdom that it must close its consulate in East Jerusalem within 30 days, two Israeli officials and two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV — Israel gave Britain 30 days to close its East Jerusalem consulate in response to sanctions on goods from settlements, a measure Britain's leader said Wednesday was needed to "stand against injustice" in the occupied West Bank.
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