Jerusalem, Sept. 8 -- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has announced a series of measures against Britain in response to what he described as a "hostile" sanctions package targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank announced by British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.
Sa'ar said the measures were also being taken in response to what he called a series of "anti-Israel decisions" by the Labour government over the past two years.
In a recorded stathowement from the Foreign Ministry, Sa'ar said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to close the British Consulate in Jerusalem, remove British representatives from the US-backed International Gaza Support Center in Kiryat Gat and end the British Support Team in Ramallah, whi...