{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_jj4j3kyhe2rmyfm5rnva","title":"Could Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate?","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/could-britain-defy-israels-order-to-shut-down-its-east-jerusalem-jj4j3kyhe2","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_z2iafs7rdggkh7lpcslq","seq":565466,"kind":"article","title":"Could Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate?","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/could-britain-defy-israels-order-shut-down-its-east-jerusalem-consulate","summary":"Could Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate? Sir Vincent Fean, trustee of the British Palestine Project and himself a former consul-general in East Jerusalem, on Monday told MEE that “Israel’s threat to close the British Consulate-General is not just wrong - it is illegal”. Three weeks ago, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar announced the closure of the consulate as part of a package of retaliatory measures following UK Foreign Secretary Ed…","published":"2026-09-29T02:05:09Z","seen":"2026-09-29T03:01:42Z","lang":"en","country":"IL","source":{"id":"kite-middleeasteye-net-260f94","name":"middleeasteye.net","domain":"middleeasteye.net","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q18085829","name":"Middle East Eye","type":"newspaper","designations":["online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-middleeasteye-net-260f94","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["Mera Aladam"],"entities":[{"id":"Q801","name":"Israel","type":"place"},{"id":"Q1218","name":"Jerusalem","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_jj4j3kyhe2rmyfm5rnva","category":"politics","category_p":0.6399999856948853,"category2":"conflict-war","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.4699999988079071,"political":0.9399999976158142},{"id":"n_jj4j3kyhe2rmyfm5rnva","seq":440001,"kind":"article","title":"Could Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate?","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-britain-defy-israels-order-shut-down-its-east-jerusalem-consulate","summary":"Could Britain defy Israel’s order to shut down its East Jerusalem consulate? Submitted by Peter Oborne on Mon, 09/28/2026 - 13:37 Israel announced the closure of the diplomatic mission as part of retaliatory measures following British foreign secretary Ed Miliband’s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements A man stands outside the British consulate in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on 8 September (AFP) Off A faded union jack was still fluttering defiantly over the…","published":"2026-09-28T13:07:39Z","seen":"2026-09-28T13:46:57Z","lang":"en","country":"IL","source":{"id":"kite-middleeasteye-net-260f94","name":"middleeasteye.net","domain":"middleeasteye.net","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q18085829","name":"Middle East Eye","type":"newspaper","designations":["online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-middleeasteye-net-260f94","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["Peter Oborne"],"entities":[{"id":"Q145","name":"United Kingdom","type":"place"},{"id":"Q801","name":"Israel","type":"place"},{"id":"Q212938","name":"East Jerusalem","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_jj4j3kyhe2rmyfm5rnva","category":"politics","category_p":0.6399999856948853,"category2":"conflict-war","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.4699999988079071,"political":0.9399999976158142}]}