Why did Israel close its Jerusalem consulate?
Israel closed its East Jerusalem consulate as a direct retaliatory response to Britain's new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced alongside a group of other countries [1, 3]. The closure came alongside other Israeli measures, including expelling British forces from a Gaza peacebuilding role and barring twelve British MPs from entering the country [2]. It has pushed UK-Israel relations to their lowest point in decades [4].
Sources
- Israel closes Jerusalem consulate in response to Britain’s settlement sanctions
- Israel hits back at Miliband and closes UK consulate, bars a dozen MPs and boots out military — Daily Mail
- UK and 11 nations impose sanctions on Israeli settlements — Daily Mail
- Paul Adams: British-Israeli relations at lowest ebb in decades — BBC World
- UK halts trade with Israeli settlements over expansion in West Bank
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