As several nations at the UN General Assembly pressed ahead with recognizing a Palestinian state, Israelis were infuriated to discover that official government portals abroad were labeling Yerushalayim consulates as being located in “Palestine.”
One glaring example came from the British Consulate General in Yerushalayim, which displayed its address as “East Jerusalem, Palestine.” By late Tuesday, however, that listing had been scrubbed from the site.
It seems the UK is gradually shifting its online references away from the phrasing “Occupied Palestinian Territories” toward the simpler term “Palestine,” though the transition has not yet been carried through consistently.
For instance, while one section of Britain’s foreign travel guidance was updated with the new designation on Sunday, the same webpage still showed the older terminology in its drop-down menu.
The European Union’s consular protection website also briefly listed the French Consulate General in Jerusalem under “Palestine.” The French mission in Israel quickly clarified that this was not an official move by France but an error on the EU platform, which was fixed following a request from the French embassy.
A similar discrepancy was noted on the Global Affairs Canada travel advisory site, where the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv appeared with an address listed under both Israel and “Palestine,” according to Toronto Sun journalist Bryan Passifiume.
Canadian lawmaker Anthony Housefather told Passifiume that he intended to raise the matter with Global Affairs, and by Wednesday, the listing had already been corrected.
{Matzav.com Israel}
The answer is simple – close down these consulates!
And the UK, French and Canadians will not be able to use the Jerusalem consulate.
Return all mail to sender. “No such address”