Israel’s foreign minister says it is closing British consulate in East Jerusalem
Gideon Saar says Israel is closing Britain's consulate after London announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements.
Tel Aviv: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on Tuesday that Israel is closing its consulate in East Jerusalem, located within the Palestinian Authority's jurisdiction in the West Bank. This decision comes after Britain imposed sanctions on Israeli settlement goods. In response, Saar stated that Britain will no longer be permitted to participate in the US-led coordination mission for Gaza and that British training of Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank will be terminated.
He also announced that certain elected UK officials and other nationals will be banned from entering Israel. Saar labeled the British actions as morally distorted and a blatant interference in a sovereign state's affairs and electoral process, dismissing earlier accusations by British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband as "outrageous lies." The closure follows Israel's upcoming election in late October.
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