Israel closes UK Consulate and expels British aid workers
Israel is pushing back against new trade restrictions that the United Kingdom imposed on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
TL;DR
- Israel is retaliating against UK trade restrictions on West Bank settlements.
- Countermeasures include closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem and expelling British aid workers.
- Israel will also halt British military training of Palestinian Authority forces and bar certain British citizens from entering.
- The UK-led coalition banned imports from Israeli settlements, calling the occupation unlawful.
- This action by Israel is a response to a multi-nation ban on goods from West Bank settlements.
- Israel previously expelled Dutch representatives after the Netherlands banned imports from Israeli settlements.