Israel’s fury leaves Miliband with a wrenching dilemma
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On Dec 11 1917, General Edmund Allenby walked through the Jaffa Gate and claimed Jerusalem for Britain after driving out Ottoman Turkey. Now, for the first time since, Britain stands to lose its official presence in the holy city. Israel’s furious response to Ed Miliband’s sanctions on West Bank settlements includes the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem. This unique diplomatic mission – entirely separate from the British Embassy to Israel, an hour’s drive away in Tel Aviv – deals solely with the Palestinian leadership and people, especially the Palestinian Authority, which is based in the nearby city of Ramallah. Forcing the closure of an entire consulate, as opposed to expelling individual diplomats, is near the top of the countermeasures that Israel could have imposed. Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/09/israel-furious-response-miliband-wrenching-dilemma/ #labourparty #edmiliband #israel ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newslett
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