# Is this the biggest diplomatic row the UK and Israel have ever had?

https://mins.news/en/video/51801

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 18:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVLI9ZkJHYQ

> The programme examines Israel’s response to UK sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced retaliatory steps, including closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem, while UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband disagreed with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis’s warning that the move put British Jews in greater danger.

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