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TUC Congress voted today to fight any bid by the government to relocate Britain’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Liz Truss said last month she was considering following the US in moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, though East Jerusalem is seen as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Moving, the National Education Union’s Louise Regan said Ms Truss was trying to emulate Donald Trump, who moved the US embassy in 2018 — but that legitimising Israel’s illegal occupation of East Jerusalem would be “disastrous for the rights of Palestinians and reward Israel for its actions in the occupied territories since 1967.”
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