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In 1986, a bag containing eight forged British passports was discovered in a telephone booth in [[West Germany]]. The passports had been the work of Mossad and were intended for the Israeli Embassy in London for use in covert operations. The British government, furious, demanded that Israel give a promise not forge its passports again, which was obtained.<ref name=thatcherdiditfirst>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3867006,00.html |title=Expelling Israeli diplomats: Thatcher did it first - Israel News, Ynetnews |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=1995-06-20 |access-date=2015-11-19|last1=Weber |first1=Yonatan }}</ref>

 

On 15 June 1988, following the trial and conviction of a Palestinian post-graduate student studying at [[Hull University]], Ismail Sowan, two Mossad agents were expelled from the UK. Sowan was found in possession of a large arms cache and was sentenced to eleven years in prison. During his trial it had been revealed that he had employed by Mossad for ten years. The Mossad agents, Arie Regev and Jacob Barad, were Sowan’s controllers. They had failed to inform [[MI6]] of Sowan’s activities and that they were aware that a Palestinian, Abd al-Rahim Mustapha, believed to be involved in the assassination of [[Naji al-Ali]] had entered the country illegally.<ref>Middle East International No 328, 24 June 1988, Publishers [[Christopher Mayhew|Lord Mayhew]], [[Dennis Walters|Dennis Walters MP]]; George Joffe p.5</ref>

The Mossad station in UK remained closed until the [[1994 London Israeli Embassy bombing|1994 bombing of the Israeli Embassy]] in London.