Israel lacks a legal right to enforce its plan to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, a former attorney general has advised the UK Foreign Office, The Guardian reported on Monday. Tel Aviv had said it plans to close the site on Oct. 8 in response to the UK’s trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband earlier this month. On Sunday, Israel responded to a similar move by the Netherlands by pledging to revoke the credentials of Dutch di
