Published on
09/09/2026 – 11:22 GMT+2
British foreign minister Ed Miliband condemned as “regrettable and damaging” Israel’s decision to order the closure of the UK’s consulate in Jerusalem as retaliation for London-led Western sanctions over settler violence.
“We anticipated this might happen because we saw other countries, the Dutch, for example, who had announced sanctions, who had seen these reprisals from Israel. I think they’re regrettable and damaging,” Miliband told BBC Radio on Wednesday.
Israel ordered the closure on Tuesday after 12 countries including the UK and France announced they would sanction trade with Israeli settlements in…
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