British Israeli relations

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Britain has expelled the diplomat of one of its allies � Israeli � after evidence suggests Israeli assassins used forged British passports in the killing of a Palestinian Hamas official in Dubai in January. The British government says trust between the two countries has been damaged. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.

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