‘Israel’ is considering expelling British officials from the US-led coordination center for postwar Gaza, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
The Israeli government in recent weeks has discussed removing the UK from the International Gaza Support Center, the multinational headquarters to monitor the US-brokered ceasefire between ‘Israel’ and Hamas, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter.
The report said Tel Aviv may decide to take similar measures against officials from other European countries as well.
Israel is considering expelling British representatives, and potentially German and Italian officials, from the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, in response to criticism of Netanyahu’s government policies in the West Bank. The move follows the earlier expulsion… pic.twitter.com/piY1krAg6V
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) August 27, 2026
The report comes amid a spat between ‘Israel’ and the UK over the expansion of Israeli controversial E1 settlements plan, which would block territorial contiguity between major Palestinian population centers.
UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ed Miliband called the plan “unacceptable and destructive” in a written statement last week, and said his office was working to prepare a “comprehensive set of measures” in response, including sanctions against “those who participate in illegal settlement expansion.”
British media reported on Wednesday that UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham was preparing to announce a complete trade ban on goods from Israeli West Bank settlements in response to the E1 plan.
Andy Burnham is poised to announce a ban on trade with settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 26, 2026
The ban would also include sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu, previously pledged by the prime minister ⬇️https://t.co/ZWKI7m9SyA pic.twitter.com/aRP9HUjwDH
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hit back at Miliband, calling his statement “patronizing,” and accused the British government of contributing “to a massive wave of antisemitic hatred and attacks against the British Jewish community” and harming the UK-Israeli relationship.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sa’ar announced that Dutch representatives would be expelled from the center after a series of “anti-Israel measures” by the Netherlands, referring to the Dutch public broadcaster AvroTros’ decision to boycott the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest for a second year in protest at the presence of ‘Israel’.
Source: Al-Manar English Website