U.K., Israel both claim a moral win with apparent truce in diplomatic feud

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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."…

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  • Reported by CBS News and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:38:14 UTC.

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