The British Embassy in Israel has refused to move for political reasons.

The British Embassy in Israel has refused to move to a new building company Africa-Israel, because its owner, businessman Lev Levan (Lev Leviev) is an open advocate of building Jewish settlements in the West Bank, transfer agency AFP .

According to some reports, the company is directly involved in the construction of settlements in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, the issue of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories is one of the main obstacles to resolving the Middle East conflict.

Sam Lev Levan, according to the magazine Forbes, which are about the AFP, is considered the world's largest diamond. Status of 52-year-old businessman, born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to Israel in 1971 is estimated at 4,5 billion dollars.