UK Weighs Relocating Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Truss Says

UK Weighs Relocating Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Truss Says
Prime Minister Liz Truss meets with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at the UN building in New York on Sep. 21, 2022. PA
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid that she is considering moving the British embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

Truss met with Lapid on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, telling him she was reviewing the possibility of following the United States’ lead on relocating its embassy.

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