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Israel and UK agree to keep Jerusalem consulate open as a smaller UK Mission
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Israel and the United Kingdom reached a last-minute agreement over the British consulate in East Jerusalem, which Israel had ordered closed. The building will remain open under the name UK Mission, with reduced staff. According to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, 20 British diplomats, including the consul general, are leaving Israel, and seven staff may stay in the building with a very limited scope of activity. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said some staff were temporarily withdrawn for security reasons and that the mission will keep providing vital services and work with Palestinians. Israel said it was acting in retaliation for British sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which were announced in September. The consulate, first established in 1838, handles British relations with Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
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Israel ordered the British consulate in East Jerusalem closed, saying it was retaliating against British sanctions on trade with West Bank settlements.
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- Left
- Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS News
- Center
- Sky News, BBC News, Financial Times, Deutsche Welle
- Far Right
- Breitbart News
The UK and Israel reached a last-minute deal under which the consulate stays open as a UK Mission with reduced staff.
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- Bloomberg, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS News
- Center
- BBC News, Financial Times, Deutsche Welle
- Far Right
- Breitbart News
According to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, 20 British diplomats, including the consul general, are leaving Israel and seven staff may remain under a very limited scope of activity.
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- Center
- BBC News, Deutsche Welle
- Far Right
- Breitbart News
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said some staff were temporarily withdrawn for security reasons and that the mission will keep providing vital services and work with Palestinians.
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- The Guardian
- Center
- BBC News, Deutsche Welle
British sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, announced in September alongside 11 other Western nations, include a ban on trade in settlement goods.
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- CBS News
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- Sky News, BBC News
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According to Israel, the consulate had ceased operating in its previous capacity, while the UK says the building will not be closing.
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- Deutsche Welle, BBC News
The Times of London reported that a British security team training Palestinian police in the West Bank is among the staff leaving Israel.
One outletBreitbart News· Far Right
What is contested
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Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.
Whether the East Jerusalem consulate was closed or downgraded.
Israel says the consulate had ceased operating in its previous capacity (DW). Bloomberg and the Washington Post describe a downgrade, while the UK insists the building will not be closing and will operate as a UK Mission (Guardian, BBC).
Whether Israel's demand to close the consulate was lawful.
Former British consul Vincent Fean says Israel is acting unlawfully (Al Jazeera). The supplied text gives no Israeli legal justification for the demand.
Who won the dispute.
CBS reports that both the UK and Israel claim a moral win. The supplied text gives no further account of how each side describes the outcome.
A British security team training Palestinian police in the West Bank is among the staff leaving.
Breitbart reports this citing The Times of London. The other supplied articles do not mention it. Miliband attributed temporary staff withdrawals to security reasons (BBC, DW).
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the left
6 outlets
Left headlines center Israel as the party that downgraded or threatened the consulate, with the Washington Post saying Israel downgraded it over settler sanctions and the New York Times and Guardian stressing a deal that avoided full closure (the Guardian headline is Reuters copy), while Al Jazeera foregrounds a former consul's view that Israel's demand is unlawful.
Israel shuts down British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
4 outlets
Center headlines lead with Israel's account and the diplomats leaving (Sky's pre-deal headline says Israel confirms it is closing, the BBC says Israel says most diplomats will leave, and DW says the UK scales back), while the FT frames the UK Mission as a deal containing a feud.
Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
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The right-side coverage in this input is one Far Right article (Breitbart), whose headline centers British diplomats including a security team training Palestinian police withdrawing from Israel and whose text ties the row to the new left-wing British government, so this describes that single voice.
British Diplomats Including Security Team Training Palestinian Police Withdraw From Israel Over Sanctions Row
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left-wing British government
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left-wing British governmentMore neutral: the Labour government
It attaches an ideological tag to the government and presents it as the cause of the row, when the row's cause is the sanctions dispute.
…diplomats from Jerusalem amid a diplomatic row triggered after the new left-wing British government took power.
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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.
From the left
6 outletsLeads with
- Israel downgrading or threatening closure of the consulate
- The deal and the rename to UK Mission
- Al Jazeera's former-consul claim that Israel's demand is unlawful
- Both governments claiming a win (CBS)
Leaves out
- The figures of 20 diplomats leaving and seven staying
- Breitbart's report of a security team training Palestinian police leaving
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Israel shuts down British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.
5 more from Al Jazeera English
- King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tension
- Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?
- Video: Signs removed from British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
- Signage at UK consulate in East Jerusalem removed as Israel’s deadline over
- Israel’s deadline to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem nears
- The GuardianLeft
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem
Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in …
- CBS NewsLeft
U.K., Israel both claim a moral win with apparent truce in diplomatic feud
Israel had threatened to close the U.K.'s century-and-a-half-old Jerusalem consulate over new British sanctions, but they found a way to avoid "blowing the whole relationship up."
Israel downgrades U.K. Consulate in East Jerusalem over settler sanctions
Last-minute negotiations staved off a full closure of the office that handles Britain’s relations with Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
Israel and U.K. Cut Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Full Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem
The diplomatic facility, in East Jerusalem, was under threat of being shut but will remain under a new name, the British foreign secretary said.
British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband
Foreign secretary says former consulate general will remain independent, operational and serving Palestinian people The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said Britain’s consulate general building in East Jerusalem will not be closing but will be known as a UK mission, …
- BloombergLeft
UK’s Jerusalem Consulate Downgraded in Status After Israel Talks
The UK’s consulate in Jerusalem is being downgraded in status to a mission, following a dispute related to British trade sanctions against Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
From the center
4 outletsLeads with
- Diplomats leaving and staff numbers (20 and seven)
- Israel's retaliation for settlement sanctions
- The UK Mission rename and Miliband's vital services assurance
- Removal of the consulate sign and emblem
Leaves out
- Former consul Vincent Fean's view that Israel's demand is unlawful
- Both governments claiming a moral win
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- BBC NewsCenter
Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.
- Deutsche WelleCenter
UK scales back Jerusalem consulate after Israel dispute
Britain says its diplomatic mission will remain open with reduced staff, despite Israel's order to close the nearly 200-year-old consulate.
- Financial TimesCenter
British consulate in Jerusalem becomes ‘UK Mission’ after Israel orders closure
Arrangement is part of a deal between Israel and UK aimed at containing escalating diplomatic feud
- Sky NewsCenter
Israel confirms it is closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem
Israel is closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem today in retaliation for the UK's ban on trade with illegal West Bank settlements, it has been confirmed.
From the right
1 outletLeads with
- A security team training Palestinian police among those leaving
- The Labour government as the cause of the row
- Consul General Helen Winterton leaving
Leaves out
- Miliband's assurance that the mission will keep providing vital services with Palestinians
- The consulate's founding in 1838
Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.
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- Breitbart NewsFar Right
British Diplomats Including Security Team Training Palestinian Police Withdraw From Israel Over Sanctions Row
The UK is withdrawing most diplomats from Jerusalem amid a diplomatic row triggered after the new Loaded modifier“left-wing British government”It attaches an ideological tag to the government and presents it as the cause of the row, when the row's cause is the sanctions dispute.More neutral: the Labour governmentDisagree with this highlight? took power.
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First to report
Al Jazeera English, Oct 7, 4:17 PM EDT
Center
9 hr 39 min later
Its first report, Oct 8, 1:56 AM EDT
Right
21 hr 59 min later
Its first report, Oct 8, 2:16 PM EDT
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- Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 7, 4:17 PM EDT
- Sky NewsCenterOct 8, 1:56 AM EDT
- BloombergLeftOct 8, 2:50 AM EDT
- The GuardianLeftOct 8, 2:51 AM EDT
- BBC NewsCenterOct 8, 3:06 AM EDT
- The New York TimesLeftOct 8, 4:01 AM EDT
- Financial TimesCenterOct 8, 4:29 AM EDT
- Deutsche WelleCenterOct 8, 5:56 AM EDT
- The Washington PostLeftOct 8, 9:00 AM EDT
- CBS NewsLeftOct 8, 12:02 PM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 8, 2:16 PM EDT
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