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.
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.
By Yehuda Dov
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