# UK downgrades East Jerusalem consulate after dispute with Israel

https://mins.news/en/video/92084

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-08 20:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlMiO40XbR0

> Britain and Israel reached a last-minute deal to keep the nearly 200-year-old consular building in occupied East Jerusalem open as a smaller mission. Twenty British diplomats, including the consul general, are leaving, while seven will stay. Israel had ordered the consulate closed after Britain moved to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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