Israel and britain

UK Foreign Office withdraws embassy staff from Iran due to 'ongoing security situation'

The UK government website explains that "the situation in the Middle East remains unpredictable. Since 8 July there have been strikes and retaliatory attacks by Iran in a number of locations."

|ByESTHER DAVIS
Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting walks following the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 21, 2026.
Britain’s incoming Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband arrives ahead of a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London on July 21, 2026, a day after Andy Burnham became Britain's new prime minister.

New UK foreign secretary vows to honor Holocaust refugee parents amid Israel policy challenges

Ed Miliband said Britain was a sanctuary to his parents after they escaped the Nazis during World War II, citing his support for Israel while recognizing the "suffering of the people of Gaza."

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
Newly elected Makerfield MP and former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham arrives at Derby Gate by the Houses of Parliament, following Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer's announcement of the timeline for his resignation, in London, Britain, June 22, 2026.

What Andy Burnham's rise means for UK's policy in Middle East, Israel and Gaza - explainer

Burnham appears likely to take a more openly critical line on Israel’s conduct in Gaza than Keir Starmer initially did, but his record points to a shift in tone and pressure, not a policy upheaval.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA

British Jewry, intolerance against Orthodoxy and global religious extremism

Jonathan Arkush, leader of the main representative body of Britain’s Jews, sees good reason to be optimistic on the kingdom’s Jewish community.

DECEMBER 3, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies

Jewish students at Cambridge allege cover-up of antisemitic attack

One of the students, identified as Shlomo Roiter-Jesner, 25, said that when the students at the bar noticed their kippot they got “more physical and more vocal.”

NOVEMBER 28, 2016ByJTA
Building at Cambridge University in England.

For 41% of UK Jews, faith is an issue in the workplace

According to survey by UK chief rabbi’s Shabbat initiative.

NOVEMBER 4, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
JEWISH MEN share a conversation in Golders Green, London, in January 2015.

Jewish Labour activist's campaign against UK party official gains support

The British party suspended Jackie Walker, who criticized Holocaust Memorial Day, and plans to sue Labour Secretary Iain McNicol.

OCTOBER 27, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Janice Walker.

The royal kippa

I was still quite surprised, maybe even a British “shocked,” to see Prince Charles with an emblazoned kippa.

OCTOBER 20, 2016ByHANOCH NE'EMAN
Prince Charles at Shimon Peres' funeral.

Dimwit Jezza just doesn’t get what Jew-hatred is

OCTOBER 18, 2016ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

'Israel was created by the Rothschilds, not God,' Labour member's post reads

Website Guido Fawkes quotes a source in the Labour Party as saying "it is the worst we have ever seen."

OCTOBER 13, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
DATE IMPORTED:September 28, 2016Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures after delivering his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2016.

Meet the Ambassador: Britain's David Quarrey

Israel is Quarrey’s first ambassadorial posting.

OCTOBER 5, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
British Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey

Home Design: Her piece of peace

The house is a very special Bauhaus- era building and ambassadors have been keen to showcase it.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016ByGLORIA DEUTSCH
KIM LINDY’S antique mahogany desk in her home in Ramat Hasharon.

British lawmaker accuses Israel of causing rise in jihadism

Tonge: The treatment of the Palestinians by Israel is a major cause of the rise of extreme Islamism and Daesh.

JULY 22, 2016ByJTA
Jenny Tonge, a House of Lords member from the Liberal Democrat party