被迫关闭标志着英以关系降至低谷，据报道英国正考虑驱逐驻伦敦的以色列外交官作为报复。本周，位于东耶路撒冷的英国领事馆几乎没有迹象表明它正处于地平缘政治争议的中心，高墙环绕的建筑周围除了迎风飘扬的英国国旗和偶尔驶出大院的汽车外，没有什么动静。
Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London The UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few signs that it was at the centre of a geopolitical controversy this week, with little movement around the high-walled building save the fluttering of the union jack and the occasional car exiting the compound.
此前，由于英国禁止与被占领约旦河西岸非法定居点进行贸易，并对协助建造或资助这些定居点的人实施制裁，以色列下令关闭该使团，该使团将于周四关门。
The mission is to shut its doors on Thursday after Israel ordered its closure in response to a UK ban on trade with illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and sanctions on those who help build or finance them.