Official says Herzog will meet with senior UK government member in London this week

By Lazar Berman

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8 September 2025, 5:30 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal arrive at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023, ahead of the coronation of Britain's King Charles III. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP)

President Isaac Herzog will meet with a senior member of the British government during his trip to London this week, according to a diplomatic official.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will likely host him, and possibly Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, according to the official, but neither the UK nor Herzog’s office would comment on the plans. The President’s Residence would only say that he would meet “public representatives” during his three-day visit.

According to The Guardian, Labour Party lawmakers in the UK are urging Starmer and other members of the government to avoid meeting with Herzog, due to the ongoing war in Gaza.