Britain says its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem would remain operating at a smaller scale, renamed as the “UK Mission," after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements.

Britain says its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem would remain operating at a smaller scale, renamed as the “UK Mission," after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements. ↧ U.K. rebrands east Jerusalem consulate after Israel orders closure The consulate handles Britain’s relations with ​Palestinians in ⁠Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza. It also provides services to Palestinians.