JERUSALEM (VINnews) — According to the European Union website, the French consulate in Jerusalem, located on Emile Botta Street in the western part of the city which was in Israel even pre-1967, is now located in “Palestine.” Israel believes that France requested this address change on the website following France’s recent recognition of a Palestinian state, and it will likely demand that the European Union change the address back.
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Britain has also changed the address of one of its embassies to “Palestine,” but only for the one located in East Jerusalem.
Retired judge Haran Feinstein, who is also an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Criminology at Bar Ilan University, says that the Jerusalem municipality should respond to these decisions by cutting off the water and electricity to the consulates.
“If I were the Mayor of Jerusalem, I would shut off their water and announce that we have no such address in our records. I would also have the Electric Company cut their power and state that we have no such address in our registry,” Haran told journalist Eli Tzipori.
“There is no such thing as ‘Jerusalem, Palestine’ — no water and no electricity.”
MK Dan Ilouz(Likud) went a step further, arriving at the French consulate in Jerusalem on Thursday and setting up a mobile office in protest of France’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
Among other things, Illouz made statements in three languages — Hebrew, English, and French — and demanded the immediate closure of the consulate.
“France, the UK — you miscalculated: recognition of a Palestinian state crosses a red line,” said MK Illouz.He added: “The response must be twofold and unequivocal:
- Full application of sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, to make it clear to the world that this land is ours, and to show that terrorism results in a price, not a diplomatic achievement.
- Immediate closure of consulates that serve the enemy from within Jerusalem, which have turned into embassies of an imaginary state and spread anti-Israeli content.”
If these idiots want to claim their embassy is on Palestine
Cut off water, gas ,electricity, phone lines, disable cell phone communication from there
Enjoy
Stop delivering their mail, and cut off all utilities, etc.
Seal up those consulates so no one goes in or out. It’s your land, do it.
Throw them out!
Ban all baguettes and English muffins! Only bilkalech!
of course israel has to feed them like they feed their enemies in gaza…unreal!!
What is this East Jerusalem in the article? If you must, then please call the area eastern Jerusalem or the eastern part of Jerusalem. Why are we using the words of our enemies?
Arabs call it Al Quds, not Jerusalem
Pollard said after Oct7 that the French were an enemy & to expel them
Anyone working on those locations and anyone on any consulate in east Jerusalem that is called embassy to palestine, should be banned from returning to Israel once they leave Israel or any members of their families.
The same for other personnel of the embassy in Israel that would be sent to work at an East Jerusalem consulate/embassy when lacking other workers because of the ban.
If anyone else wants to enter Israel to work there should be banned from entering as well.
Please stop with the sensationalism. This article does not state the truth or prescribe any true evidence. I went on the official websites of both the EU presence in Jerusalem listings and the France Foreign Affairs site, and I didn’t find the French consulate on Emile Botta to say anything about Palestine, still claiming very much to be in Jerusalem. Please provide screenshots of where such info proving your claims may be found.