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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate as Miliband says 'mission' to remain

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The British government is relocating most of its diplomatic staff from the consulate in East Jerusalem due to security concerns, though a small team will continue operations there as a "UK Mission." Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced that twenty diplomats and the Consul General would be leaving Israel while seven individuals would remain at the site but with limited duties. In response, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that the consulate was not closing and emphasized that the mission would continue to support Palestinians despite recent tensions over British sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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Israel ordered Britain to close its consulate in East Jerusalem by October 8th in retaliation for British sanctions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. On that deadline, British workers removed signs and plaques from the building overnight as tensions escalated between the two nations. The consulate, established in 1838, now operates with only seven diplomats after 20 were withdrawn by Britain earlier. Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed the closure of the consulate on October 5th, while Britain threatened to expel up to 27 Israeli diplomats if forced to close the consulate, potentially marking a historic low in British-Israeli relations since 1948.

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- Published Most diplomats will leave the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel says, but the UK insists the building "will not be closing", and will operate as a "UK Mission"

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🔮 - Published Most diplomats will leave the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel says, but the UK insists the building "will not be closing", and will operate as a "UK Mission"

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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate as Miliband says 'mission' to remain · mixed framing

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- Published Most diplomats will leave the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel says, but the UK insists the building "will not be closing", and will operate as a "UK Mission" asserted

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"We did not want it to come to this," Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on social media, as he said 20 diplomats and the Consul General would leave Israel while a task force of seven could remain in the building "with a very limited scope of activity". uncertain

force → want → activity

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband responded that some staff had been "temporarily withdrawn" for security reasons, but stressed the mission will " work with the Palestinian people". asserted

mission → respond → people

Israel said in September it would shut the consulate, in retaliation for UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank which are illegal under international law. asserted

which → say → law