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UK East Jerusalem consulate dispute

Signs were removed from the British consulate in East Jerusalem as an Israeli deadline to close the facility loomed, but UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building will remain open as an independent UK mission serving Palestinians. Israel had ordered the closure in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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UK keeps East Jerusalem consulate as renamed mission after Israeli deadline

Signs were removed from the British consulate in East Jerusalem as an Israeli deadline to close the facility loomed, but UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building will remain open as an independent UK mission serving Palestinians. Israel had ordered the closure in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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