The protest outside the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night, where the Batsheva Dance Company was performing, drew about 30 demonstrators from Adalah-NY, but it included an interesting twist: Audience members were slipped a seemingly official program that opened to reveal a flier heavily criticizing Israel’s actions in the 22-day war in Gaza last year.

The UK Foreign Office has dropped plans to move the British embassy in Tel Aviv into a skyscraper because of concerns over the building owners. A spokeswoman said it was not satisfied with the company's involvement in settlement activity in the West Bank - which contravenes international law.

The British Embassy in Israel has cancelled its plans to relocate to a building part owned by billionaire Lev Leviev because of his alleged involvement in building settlements in the West Bank.

The British Foreign Office has confirmed that it has pulled out of talks to move the British Embassy in Tel Aviv to a building owned by Africa-Israel Investments, because of the company's role in West Bank construction.