Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days, sources say
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.-led Gaza coordination mission in Israel, as well as British diplomats based in Ramallah, must leave…
The Biden administration was unaware of any specific warning from the United Arab Emirates regarding Hamas's plans for the October 7 massacre in Israel, according to sources familiar with the situation. Despite Haaretz reporting that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) had warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the potential for a major terror attack, the Biden administration was not made aware of this specific warning.
It is possible that if a significant warning had been conveyed, it would have been communicated to the Biden administration either before or after the massacre. The UAE had previously warned senior US and Israeli officials that Israeli actions and rhetoric were putting regional stability at risk in the period leading up to the massacre.
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