List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom to Jerusalem

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The British Consul General to Jerusalem is based at 15 Nashashibi Street in Sheikh Jarrah quarter, Jerusalem. The aim of the Consulate General is to represent the United Kingdom in the Palestinian Territories. The Consulate also has an office in Gaza.[ citation needed ]

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List of Consuls-General

There was no Consul-General during World War I since the UK was an enemy of the Ottoman Empire. After the war and until 1948, Palestine was a British mandate territory, with District Commissioners. [1]


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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Consulate General history". British Consulate-General Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Previous Consuls General". British Consulate-General Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "British Consul General". British Consulate-General Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Our Consul General". British Consulate-General Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "New Consul-General in Jerusalem". British Consulate-General Jerusalem. 9 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Consul-General to Jerusalem". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-consul-general-to-jerusalem-spring-2021
  8. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-his-majestys-consul-general-to-jerusalem-helen-winterton
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