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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Rishi Sunak scraps plans to move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Truss and Yair Lapid
Liz Truss had told the outgoing Israeli prime minister, Yair Lapid, she was conducting a review into the situation. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Rishi Sunak has abandoned moves initiated by Liz Truss to relocate Britain’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Downing Street has confirmed.

Truss, when she was prime minister, ordered a review into whether the UK should follow the Trump administration in moving the embassy from Tel Aviv.

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