Orange Plot News Today

We present a selection of stories, columns and videos chosen by MEE staff - from sleuthing in archives and Hajj visa chaos to mass evictions in Jeddah and watermelons as symbols of resistance

Mandate government acquired 'Orange Plot' through swap with company buying Palestinian land for Jewish immigrants

Downing Street u-turn comes after ex-prime minister Liz Truss had pledged to review location of embassy in Tel Aviv

Palestinians say MEE's discovery of UK-held land earmarked for decades as an embassy site exposes a 'colonial injustice'

UK government owns land known as the 'Orange Plot' earmarked for decades for use as an embassy, a Middle East Eye investigation reveals