# UK says consulate in occupied East Jerusalem will not close

https://mins.news/en/video/91656

- TRT World, 2026-10-08 15:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjzktEuAi14

> The UK says its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem will remain open, amid confusion over its status. Israel had ordered it shut and its diplomats removed within 30 days after London announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Brendan Ciaran Browne of Trinity College Dublin weighs in.

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