Calls in Britain to end the Gaza war and French anger over the closure of its consulate in Jerusalem.

Politicians from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer today, Monday, to impose sanctions on the occupying state, amid escalating aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip. The British politicians emphasized the need for immediate action to end the war, stressing the importance of halting arms sales to the occupying state and pressuring it to stop its violations.

In a related context, France threatened that its relationship with the occupying state would be harmed following the latter's decision to close its consulate in occupied Jerusalem. The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs confirmed that this decision would damage bilateral relations, noting that it had not received official notification from the occupying state regarding the closure of the consulate.

The newspaper Israel Hayom reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar was the one who decided to close the French consulate, in response to Paris's recognition of the State of Palestine. The Israeli Foreign Ministry indicated that the French consulate was acting defiantly, and that France was leading the anti-occupying state agenda.

Amid increasing European criticism, the Norwegian Finance Minister announced his country's decision to sell investments from the Norwegian sovereign fund in six Israeli companies related to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This decision comes amid rising European calls to stop arms sales to the occupying state.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares also called, in mid-last month, for a halt to arms sales to the occupying state due to its violations in Gaza. In a similar move, Slovenia imposed a ban on the export, import, and transit of arms to the occupying state.

Last May, the Irish Cabinet approved a bill aimed at preventing the import of goods and services from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, making it the first country in the European Union to take legislative steps to ban trade with Israeli companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories.

These developments come amid the Israeli genocide supported by the United States, which has left more than 207,000 Palestinians dead or injured, most of whom are children and women, in addition to more than 10,000 missing and hundreds of thousands of displaced persons suffering from famine.