Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tel Aviv

Diplomatic mission

British Embassy, Tel Aviv
The Embassy building in Tel Aviv

Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Address	192 Hayarkon Street, 6340502 Tel Aviv, Israel
Ambassador	Simon Walters
Website	British Embassy, Tel Aviv

The Embassy of the United Kingdom (commonly referred to as the British Embassy) is located in Tel Aviv. It is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Israel.

History

It is located on Hayarkon Street in the Old North area of the city. Simon Walters has been British Ambassador to Israel since August 2023.^[1]

The United Kingdom also maintains a Consulate-General in East Jerusalem, with a Consul-General not being accredited to any state, as "an expression of [the UK] view that no state has sovereignty over Jerusalem".^[2]^[3] The United Kingdom also has an honorary consul in Eilat.^[4]

In 2009, the United Kingdom planned to move the British Embassy to the Kirya Tower. However, the Foreign Office dropped these plans because the building is part-owned by Africa-Israel Investments Ltd, a company which has built in the Palestinian territories. Israel's ambassador to London said the decision was "appeasement to those who slander Israel".^[5]

References

^ "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Israel: Simon Walters". British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 23 January 2023.
^ "The UK position on Jerusalem – A key issue in the Palestinian track, and a key concern to the whole Islamic world". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 17 September 2003.
^ "Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – Foreign Affairs Committee. Israel and British Government policy". www.parliament.uk. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ https://www.embassypages.com/unitedkingdom-consulate-eilat-israel ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Britain drops Israel embassy move". BBC News. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

Diplomatic missions in Israel

See also: Diplomatic missions in Palestine

Americas

United States¹
- former – Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
Guatemala¹
Honduras¹

Asia

Japan [ja]²
India [he]
Philippines²
Taiwan³
United Arab Emirates²
Myanmar²

Europe

Estonia [et]²
France [fr]²
Germany²
Kosovo¹
Holy See²
Poland²
Slovenia [sl]²
- Haifa [sl]
Sweden [sv]²
- Jerusalem
Ukraine [uk]²
United Kingdom²

Oceania

Australia²
Papua New Guinea¹

Other

Indigenous

¹ Embassy which is located at Jerusalem. / ² Embassy or Apostolic Nunciature which is located at Tel Aviv. / ³ No diplomatic relations with Taiwan, functions as an informal diplomatic mission.

v t e Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
Africa	Ghana Guinea [fr] Kenya Nigeria Somalia Tanzania Uganda
Americas	Argentina Brazil [pt] São Paulo² Canada Mexico United States
Asia	Afghanistan Azerbaijan [az] Bangladesh China Guangzhou [zh]² Hong Kong² Shanghai [zh]² Wuhan [zh]² India Chennai² Indonesia Iran Gholhak Garden Israel Jerusalem Japan Osaka² Maldives [ja] North Korea Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka South Korea Thailand Uzbekistan
Europe	Belgium Czech Republic Estonia [et] France Germany Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Lithuania Moldova Netherlands¹ Norway Poland Russia Saint Petersburg² Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
De facto	Taiwan³
¹ Diplomatic posts only with no consular facilities. ² Consular posts only with no diplomatic functions. ³ The United Kingdom and Her Majesty's Government do not recognise or have formal bilateral intergovernmental, diplomatic or consular relations with the (generally unrecognised) Government of the Republic of China in Taipei. Functions in Taiwan as an accredited informal and unofficial representative post and a semi-official informal consular post.