Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate as Miliband says 'mission' to remain
Israel has announced that most UK diplomats will depart the consulate in East Jerusalem, leaving only a small task force to operate with limited scope. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that the staff withdrawal is temporary for security reasons and affirmed that the mission will continue to work with the Palestinian people. This diplomatic tension follows Israel's decision to shut the consulate in retaliation for UK sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements.
- ▪Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that 20 diplomats and the Consul General will leave Israel, while a seven-person task force remains.
- ▪UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband described the staff withdrawal as temporary and for security reasons, insisting the mission will not close.
- ▪Israel decided to shut the consulate in September as a direct retaliation for UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- ▪The UK maintains that the building will continue to operate as a UK Mission to support the Palestinian people.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband — The Guardian — UK
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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate as Miliband says 'mission' to remainImage source, ReutersPublished8 October 2026, 07:35 BSTUpdated 7 minutes agoMost 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""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a very limited scope of activity".UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband responded that some staff had been "temporarily withdrawn" for security reasons, but stressed the mission will " work with the Palestinian people".Israel said in…
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