Exclusive: Zack Polanski says UK should defy Israel on fate of British Consulate in East Jerusalem

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski urged the British government to defy Israel's order to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, stating that Israel has no sovereignty over the illegally occupied Palestinian territory. Polanski's comments, made to Middle East Eye, aim to pressure the UK government ahead of the October 8 deadline to keep the consulate open in response to British sanctions on Israeli settlements.

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called on the British government to defy Israel and keep the British Consulate in East Jerusalem open, in comments made exclusively to Middle East Eye. Polanski’s intervention will pile pressure on the Labour government not to comply with Israel’s order to close the consulate as the deadline for doing so, 8 October, approaches.

Exclusive: Zack Polanski says UK should defy Israel on fate of British Consulate in East Jerusalem

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