The world after 9/11: more wars, old threats and a rising right
Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, responded with counter-measures, including shutting the UK’s consulate in East Jerusalem. Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister and chief settlement promoter, suggested Israel should expel the British ambassador, the New York Times reported. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, said Israel should recognize that the Falkland Islands, a British territory in the south Atlantic, belonged to Argentina.
