Israel and britain

Israel, UK agree to keep east Jerusalem consulate open as limited diplomatic mission

Twenty British diplomats, including the consul-general, will leave Israel, while seven diplomats will remain at the former consulate under a limited mandate, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said.

|ByJAMES GENN, GOLDIE KATZ
A view of the entrance to the British Consulate in east Jerusalem, September 9, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a possible attack during the 2026 election.

Netanyahu: 'Britain still an ally of Israel,' even if gov't 'appeases our enemies, attacks us'

"When they appease our common enemies and attack us, it doesn't say much," Netanyahu said about the current relationship with the UK government during an interview with The Daily Mail.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Pro-Palestinian activists attend a protest against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks, in London, Britain, March 31, 2026.

Britain’s long history of adversarial policies toward Iran and Israel - opinion

London is no longer operating behind the curtain, signaling to Islamists that they still have a major power patron, while stepping openly into the role of a major opponent of Israel.

|ByTINA GHAZIMORAD
The Elizabeth Tower more commonly known as Big Ben is pictured during a near total solar eclipse, with more than 90 percent of the Sun blocked by the Moon across Britain, in central London on August 12, 2026.

Playing politics with security: Jerusalem must review UK privileges amid sanctions - editorial

Britain and Israel have genuine strategic interests in common even when their governments disagree sharply, but diplomatic relations require reciprocity.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

JPost Editorial: Our fair lady

Many British Jews feel threatened by BDS, because it represents another front in the war of extermination against Israel.

FEBRUARY 4, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
London

The reasons why Perfidious Albion is cosying up to Israel

JANUARY 18, 2017ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

Junior embassy employee taped badmouthing British ministers

Apparent Al Jazeera "sting" raises questions about the way workers at Israel’s London legation hold unsupervised political discussions.

JANUARY 8, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Houses of Parliament, London

At Knesset, British officials say they lead fight against antisemitism

Diaspora Ministry: UK still produces most antisemitic tweets.

JANUARY 4, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee hosts British officials at the Knesset on January 4, 2017

‘Et tu, Theresa’ – welcome to the two faces of Mrs. May

JANUARY 2, 2017ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

Mind the gap year!

High-school graduates bring Israel to Jewish communities abroad.

DECEMBER 29, 2016ByCARMIT SAPIR WEITZ
Rael Goodman, the head of the Jewish Agency’s Delegation in the UK

Report: British intelligence spied on Israeli diplomats, IDF

The Le Monde report followed a previous publication based on documents stolen by Snowden dealing with spying by US and British intelligence on Israeli military aircraft.

DECEMBER 7, 2016ByJTA
Flags are seen above a souvenir kiosk near Big Ben clock at the Houses of Parliament in central London

Ongoing Israel-hatred in Trondheim

DECEMBER 5, 2016ByMANFRED GERSTENFELD
The Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, central Norway

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.