Embassy of Israel, London

The Israeli Embassy to the United Kingdom is the site of a diplomatic mission of Israel, situated at 2 Palace Green (consular entrance at 15a Old Court Place), in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is the only diplomatic building of Israel in the United Kingdom. The building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate, accessible via a separate entrance.

The embassy occupies a house originally built in the 1860s for William Makepeace Thackeray^[1].

Location

Kensington Palace Gardens, the extension of Palace Green, is home to Kensington Palace itself as well as a number of other diplomatic delegations, and forms part of the Crown Estate. Security around the Embassy is extremely rigorous.

Rebuilding and rededication of the Embassy

On 15 March 2010, Ambassador of Israel Ron Prosor formally announced the rededication of the Embassy after an extensive refurbishment programme^[2]. As part of the Embassy's rededication, the original Music Room of the Thackeray house was named in honour of former Ambassador Shlomo Argov^[3].

External links

• Embassy of Israel website
• Embassy of Israel on Twitter
• Embassy of Israel on Facebook
• Earlier history of the house, from the Survey of London

References

1. ^ The Crown Estate in Kensington Palace Gardens, (c) 2010 University of London, accessed 8 April 2010
2. ^ Miliband to attend Israeli Embassy reception, Jewish Chronicle, 26 February 2010
3. ^ Musical memorial to Shlomo Argov, Jewish Chronicle, 18 March 2010