英国和以色列避免了全面的外交对抗，不过英国在巴勒斯坦的存在将大大减少。以色列和英国已避免了全面外交对抗，英国宣布将把其位于东耶路撒冷的总领事馆大楼重新命名为英国使团，此举将导致英国外交官离开以色列，大楼内仅留七人。总领事海伦·温特顿（Helen Winterton）也在离开的人员之列。
UK and Israel back away from full diplomatic confrontation, though British presence in Palestine will be much reduced Israel and the UK have backed away from a full-scale diplomatic confrontation, with Britain announcing it is rebranding its consulate general building in East Jerusalem as a UK mission, a move that will result in UK diplomats leaving Israel, with only seven to remain in the building. Among those leaving is the consul general, Helen Winterton.
这一改变是以色列政府强加给英国的，作为对外交大臣埃德·米利班德上个月决定禁止与非法定居点进行贸易并对协助建设定居点的人实施更严厉制裁的惩罚。英国正寻求保护两国方案，将其作为结束以巴冲突的最佳途径。
The change was forced on the UK by the Israeli government as punishment for the decision by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, last month to ban trade with illegal settlements and introduce a tougher sanctions regime against those who aided the building of settlements. The UK is seeking to protect the two-state solution as the best means of ending the Israel-Palestine conflict.