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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Church of Scotland raise concerns over Liz Truss bid to move UK Israel embassy to Jerusalem

THE Church of Scotland has raised concerns over Liz Truss’s controversial consideration of relocating the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

If the Prime Minister follows through it would be a break from decades of UK foreign policy and would follow in the footsteps of former US president Donald Trump.

In September, Truss told Israel’s caretaker leader Yair Lapid at a meeting on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York about a “review of the current location” of the embassy building, confirmed by Downing Street in a statement.

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