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UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson speaking during a Conservative Friends of Israel event on January 30, 2018. (Courtesy CFI)
February 1, 2018, 11:58 am
UK defense secretary hails ‘amazing relationship’ with Israel
Gavin Williamson praises Israeli democracy as ‘beacon of hope’ and ‘liberal, free, exciting country,’ condemns ‘sheer simple hatred’ it faces
By TOI staff
David Howell (British Foreign Office)
May 2, 2017, 7:05 am
Blaming ‘mercurial’ Trump, UK lawmakers urge Palestine rethink
House of Lords panel says US no longer a leader in region, calls for recognition of Palestine if Washington makes two-state solution impossible
By TOI staff
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, center, at a ceremony commemorating 175 men from overseas who won Britain’s highest military honor, the Victoria Cross, for service in World War I, on 26 June 2014. (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikipedia)
March 30, 2017, 1:59 pm
Muslim baroness decries ‘loophole’ that allows UK Jews to join IDF
British Jewry up in arms after Sayeeda Warsi says Israeli soldiers should be prosecuted just like those who join Islamic paramilitary groups
By Jenni Frazer
Britain's opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn (C) leaves after delivering a speech at a Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) rally in north London on August 15, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)
August 22, 2016, 8:25 am
Voting begins in bitter Labour leader contest in UK
Jeremy Corbyn favored to stay head of Britain’s opposition, despite party infighting; results to be announced September 24
By AFP and TOI staff
British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Minister) David Davis arrives at the Cabinet Office in central London on July 14, 2016 on the first full day in his new role following his appointment by new prime minister Theresa May. (AFP PHOTO / Niklas HALLE'N)
July 14, 2016, 5:26 pm
Euroskeptics snag key posts in new UK cabinet
Theresa May fires Gove and other rivals from top jobs; appoints anti-EU figure David Davis to negotiate Brexit
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in central London on July 14, 2016. (AFP/POOL/Andrew Matthews)
July 14, 2016, 4:35 pm
Europe stunned as UK’s ‘jester’ Boris becomes top diplomat
French foreign minister says Brexit campaigner ‘lied a lot’; European Parliament chief slams new British cabinet
By Frank Zeller and Charlotte Plantive
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