Liz Truss could follow Trump and move UK embassy to Jerusalem
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Patrick Wintour D from World news | The Guardian on (#63Y2R)
PM considering breaking with decades of British foreign policy by relocating UK embassy in Israel
Liz Truss has said she is considering relocating the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a controversial move that would break with decades of UK foreign policy in order to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump.
In a meeting on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, the prime minister told Israel's caretaker leader, Yair Lapid about a review of the current location" of the building, Downing Street said in a statement.
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