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UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats over planned East Jerusalem consulate closure
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- UK ‘threatens to expel 27 Israeli diplomats’ over Jerusalem consulate
- UK renames East Jerusalem consulate as a mission; some diplomats to remain
- Video: Signs removed from British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
- Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
- Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?
- Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain
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