"Kick out all the Israeli diplomats. We don’t need them here.” On Novara Live, Michael Walker argues that the UK should treat Israel as an adversary, not an ally. In response to UK sanctions, Israel made the UK close its consulate in East Jerusalem on Thursday, even though the building is in Palestine on land Israel has no right to. In response, the UK is mulling whether to expel a number of Israeli diplomats. Escalating the diplomatic conflict with Israel would be a “very popular” move for the Labour government, Walker said.

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