{"id":793370,"date":"2026-02-27T21:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/793370\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:46:38","slug":"britain-advises-against-non-essential-travel-to-israel-amid-iran-war-as-donald-trump-warns-sometimes-you-have-to-use-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/793370\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain advises against \u2018non-essential\u2019 travel to Israel amid Iran war as Donald Trump warns ‘sometimes you have to use force’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Government has advised against “all but essential” travel to Israel and Palestine amid mounting concerns over security in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office has issued the travel warning to Britons as tensions continue to grow between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n

It earlier said some UK diplomatic staff and their dependents had been moved from Tel Aviv to another location in Israel.<\/p>\n

The travel guidance reads: “Due to ongoing regional tensions, we recommend against all but essential travel to Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n

“We continue to recommend against all travel to parts of Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n

“We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily move some of our staff and their dependents from Tel Aviv to another location within Israel.<\/p>\n

“Our Embassy continues to operate as normal. The situation could escalate quickly and poses significant risks.<\/p>\n

“The situation could escalate quickly and poses significant risks.<\/p>\n

\"Jerusalem's<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to Israel and Palestine <\/p>\n

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GETTY\/AHMAD GHARABLI<\/p>\n

“Regional tensions may cause international borders (air and land) to close.”<\/p>\n

The move follows talks between the US and Iran over its nuclear programme ended without agreement.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has previously threatened to take military action against Iran if it does not reach a deal on its nuclear programme and the US has spent the last month amassing a fleet of aircraft and warships in the region.<\/p>\n

Iran has in turn threatened to attack Israel, raising the risk that military action could trigger another regional war.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump has previously threatened to take military action against Iran <\/p>\n

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REUTERS <\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters today as he left the White House on a trip to Texas, President Trump said Iran was still unwilling to forswear nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

Asked about the potential for use of force, Mr Trump said: “I’d love not to use it but sometimes you have to.”<\/p>\n

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee today told his staff they could leave the country if they wanted to, warning that flights might not be available \u201cover the coming days\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was focused on \u201csupporting the political process\u201d between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister emphasised Britain’s support for diplomatic efforts in a call with Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n

A Downing Street spokesman said: \u201cOn Iran, the Prime Minister emphasised the UK\u2019s focus remains on supporting the political process ongoing between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe added that Iran must never be able to develop a nuclear weapon and security in the region must be a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government has advised against “all but essential” travel to Israel and Palestine amid mounting concerns over security…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-793370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116144792260029180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}