以色列要求英国关闭东耶路撒冷领事馆的最后期限即将到来。周四是以色列外交部长吉迪恩·萨尔发布该命令30天后，这是对英国针对以色列非法定居点的制裁浪潮的报复行动。
The deadline Israel imposed on the United Kingdom to close its East Jerusalem consulate is fast approaching. Thursday marks 30 days since Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar’s order, a retaliatory move against the UK’s wave of sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements.
英国前驻耶路撒冷总领事文森特·费恩爵士告诉半岛电视台：“这不是朋友或盟友的行为。”“英国总领事馆完全有权驻扎在耶路撒冷，驻扎在东耶路撒冷，驻扎在巴勒斯坦国的一部分。”2010年至2014年，范恩担任驻巴勒斯坦被占领土事实上的大使。他现在是英国巴勒斯坦项目的受托人，倡导巴勒斯坦人和以色列人的平等权利。
“It’s not the act of a friend or ally,” Sir Vincent Fean, former British consul general to Jerusalem, told Al Jazeera. “The British Consulate General has every right to be in Jerusalem, in East Jerusalem, part of the state of Palestine.”From 2010 until 2014, Fean held the post as the de facto ambassador to occupied Palestinian territory. He is now a trustee of the Britain Palestine Project, advocating for equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis.
“根据国际法，对于[英国]以及世界绝大多数国家来说，以色列无权干涉巴勒斯坦国和英国国之间的外交关系。它通过关闭我们的办事处来这样做，这是非法的，”他说，并补充说，他“特别担心”领事馆的15名左右巴勒斯坦工作人员。
“In international law, for [the UK], and for the vast majority of the world, Israel does not have the right to interfere with the diplomatic relations between the state of Palestine and the state of the United Kingdom. It is doing so by closing our office, and that is unlawful,” he said, adding that he is “particularly concerned” for the consulate’s 15 or so Palestinian staff.
英国与以色列的关系已降至最低点。周一，有报道称，如果继续关闭领事馆，英国可能会驱逐27名以色列外交官。
UK-Israel ties have reached a nadir. On Monday, reports claimed that the UK could expel 27 Israeli diplomats if the consulate closure goes ahead.
据报道，英国国家安全顾问乔纳森·鲍威尔与以色列官员举行了会谈，英国政府没有透露此次访问，但尚未达成保持领事馆开放的协议。
British National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell has reportedly held talks with Israeli officials in a visit that was not disclosed by the UK government, but an agreement to keep the consulate open was not reached.
在英国禁止从约旦河西岸以色列非法定居点进口商品以及态度全面转变后，以色列的反应非常愤怒。例如，外交大臣埃德·米利班德对以色列在被占领的约旦河西岸对巴勒斯坦人进行“种族清洗”表示遗憾。
Israel’s response was furious following the UK’s import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as well as an overall change of tone. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has, for instance, lamented Israel’s “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
米利班德预计以色列会进行报复，但表示英国已经“权衡了行动的成本和收益”。
Miliband expected Israel to retaliate, but said the UK had “weighed the costs and benefits of acting”.
除了领事馆关闭令外，以色列还将英国驱逐出华盛顿领导的战后加沙协调中心，并禁止11名议员进入以色列，其中包括前工党领袖杰里米·科尔宾和扎拉·苏丹塔纳。
In addition to the consulate closure order, Israel expelled the UK from the Washington-led coordination centre for post-war Gaza and barred 11 lawmakers from entering Israel, including former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
范恩告诉半岛电视台：“以色列这样做是非法的。”“自从[安迪]伯纳姆和米利班德首相上任以来，英国外交政策发生了重置。”他补充说，以色列对英国的敌对行为“不会很快被原谅或忘记”。
“It is illegal and unlawful for Israel to act in this way,” Fean told Al Jazeera. “There’s been a reset in UK foreign policy since [Prime Minister Andy] Burnham and Miliband came in.”Israel’s hostile actions towards the UK “will not be forgiven or forgotten anytime soon”, he added.
英国巴勒斯坦项目在一份得到英国前司法部长多米尼克·格里夫·KC支持并与半岛电视台分享的简报中，威胁关闭被描述为“对巴勒斯坦被占领土的非法主权主张”。声明中写道：“以色列的声明篡夺了巴勒斯坦国的权利。”
In a brief by the Britain Palestine Project that was endorsed by former UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve KC and shared with Al Jazeera, the threatened closure is described as “an unlawful assertion of sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory”. “The Israeli announcement usurps the rights of the State of Palestine,” it reads.
联合国安理会（英国是安理会常任理事国）于1980年通过了第478号决议，认定以色列改变耶路撒冷地位的企图“无效”。
Resolution 478 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council – of which the UK is a permanent member – in 1980, resolving that Israel’s attempts to alter the status of Jerusalem are “null and void”.
2016年，第2334号决议重申了这一点，“谴责一切旨在改变1967年以来包括东耶路撒冷在内的巴勒斯坦领土人口组成、性质和地位的措施”。
In 2016, Resolution 2334 reiterated this, “condemning all measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem”.
英国于2025年9月正式承认巴勒斯坦国如果英国抵制以色列的命令，以色列可能会对领事馆及其外交官施加各种后勤挑战。
The UK formally recognised the State of Palestine in September of 2025 If the UK resists Israel’s orders, there are various logistical challenges Israel could feasibly impose on the consulate and the diplomats within it.
“实际情况是，总领事馆依赖以色列的电力和水。因此，以色列可以通过一些手段强迫驱逐、关闭总领事馆，”范恩告诉半岛电视台。当被问及以色列是否可能利用断电或断水作为驱逐英国外交官的手段时，他说：“我不知道会发生什么，但以色列政府违反了许多法律。”
“The practicality is that the Consulate General depends on Israeli electricity [and] water. So there are means by which Israel could force the expulsion, the closure, of the Consulate General,” Fean told Al Jazeera. “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but this Israeli government has broken many laws,” he said when asked if Israel may use electricity or water cut-offs as a means to expel British diplomats.
范恩重申，尽管有命令，英国东耶路撒冷领事馆仍应继续开放，但他表示，“如果事实证明以色列政府的武力使这成为不可能，那么还有其他选择。”他说，驻拉马拉的外国大使馆可能是管理领事馆事务的替代途径。
While reiterating that the UK’s East Jerusalem consulate should remain open despite orders, Fean said that “if that proves to be made impossible by force of the Israeli government, then there are alternatives.”Foreign embassies in Ramallah could be an alternate route to manage consulate affairs, he said.
该领事馆是英国和巴勒斯坦政府之间的沟通渠道，管理该地区英国国民（包括前往约旦河西岸的朝圣者）的领事事务。
The consulate acts as the channel of communications between the UK and the Palestinian government and manages consular affairs for British nationals in the region, including pilgrims to the West Bank.
范恩说：“以色列再次将矛头指向巴勒斯坦人，因为其他人所做的事情。”“以色列的有罪不罚现象需要受到挑战。以色列政府似乎认为自己凌驾于法律之上，这一事实需要受到质疑。”人权倡导者敦促英国抵制以色列的命令。
“Yet again, Israel is taking it out on the Palestinians for something that somebody else has done,” said Fean. “The impunity of Israel needs to be challenged. The fact that this Israeli government seems to see itself as above the law needs to be challenged.”Human rights advocates have urged the UK to resist Israel’s orders.
英国巴勒斯坦委员会副主任泽娜·阿加表示：“以色列的这种报复措施表明，英国采取的任何进一步措施都可能引发进一步的回应。”“但这不应阻止英国履行其根据国际法承担的义务，也不应阻止英国采取措施追究以色列的种族灭绝和占领的责任。”
“Such a retaliatory step from Israel suggests that any further measures taken by the UK could trigger further responses,” said Zena Agha, deputy director of the British Palestinian Committee. “But that should not deter the UK from meeting its obligations under international law – nor pursuing measures towards accountability for Israel’s genocide and occupation.”
阿克萨之友组织主任沙米尔·乔尔德重申了以色列行为的非法性，并告诉半岛电视台，“如果英国接受这一命令，就有可能让以色列决定英国在被占领的东耶路撒冷外交存在的条款。这将开创一个令人深感担忧的先例。”外交、联邦和发展办公室（FCDO）没有回应半岛电视台对以色列关闭英国领事馆的命令以及英国打算做出的回应发表评论的请求。
Shamiul Joarder, director of Friends of al-Aqsa, reiterated the illegality of Israel’s actions and told Al Jazeera, “If Britain accepts this order, it risks allowing Israel to dictate the terms of Britain’s diplomatic presence in occupied East Jerusalem. That would set a deeply concerning precedent.”The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on Israel’s orders to close the British Consulate, nor on the UK’s intended response.