Israel lashes out at UK sanctions and announces East Jerusalem consulate closure

Israel lashes out at UK sanctions and announces East Jerusalem consulate closure Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Tue, 09/08/2026 - 15:43 Israel will close the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem and expel UK representatives from the Gaza support centre Off Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has lashed out at the UK following Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s announcement on Tuesday of sanctions and said Israel would close the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem. Saar called the British boycott of Israeli goods from the occupied territories in the occupied West Bank “despicable”. He also said that British representatives at the International Gaza Support Centre in Kiryat Gat, Israel, would be expelled.