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Supporters of Palestine Action stage a protest outside the Royal Court of Justice in London, February 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
February 25, 2026, 10:24 pm
Court allows UK government to appeal ruling that Palestine Action ban was unlawful
No immediate comment from London, though home secretary had vowed to fight ruling, saying the court had ‘acknowledged’ the anti-Israel group ‘carried out acts of terrorism’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police stand guard outside the Iranian embassy after a small group of protesters threw paint at the building in London, September 25, 2022. (AP/ Alastair Grant)
July 31, 2025, 7:52 pm
14 Western allies denounce surge in Iranian assassination and kidnapping plots
Statement by UK, US, France, and their allies accuses Tehran of working with international criminal networks to carry out attacks ‘in clear violation of our sovereignty’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A protester holds flares during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration in London, Oct. 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists carried out a massacre in Israel (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 10, 2025, 10:29 am
Hamas urges UK court to remove terror label, claims it is battling ‘genocide’
Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk pens witness statement falsely asserting Oct. 7 onslaught was directed only at military; no immediate comment from government
By ToI Staff
Amana CEO Ze'ev 'Zambish' Hever addresses his settlement group's annual conference in Jerusalem on November 14, 2017. (Courtesy: Yesha Council)
October 15, 2024, 9:28 pm
UK targets top Israeli settlement development group in third batch of sanctions
Other sanctioned organizations include a West Bank yeshiva allegedly promoting ‘violence against non-Jewish people,’ a registered charity, and three illegal outposts
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, on January 26, 2017, in London, England. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
September 3, 2024, 8:20 am
UK chief rabbi slams government’s decision to suspend arms licenses to Israel
Ephraim Mirvis warns move feeds into ‘falsehoods’ of genocide in Gaza, will encourage Israel’s enemies
By ToI Staff
Workers and trade unionists from Workers for a Free Palestine blockade the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) during an anti-Israel protest calling for the UK to cease the sale of arms to Israel, in central London, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
July 24, 2024, 7:58 pm
Nine arrested during London protest demanding ban on weapons sales to Israel
Workers for a Free Palestine accuse Foreign Secretary David Lammy of dragging his feet after he said he will assess the issue with ‘full accountability and transparency’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's newly appointed Defense Secretary Grant Shapps leaves Number 10 Downing Street in London on August 31, 2023. (Daniel Leal/AFP)
August 31, 2023, 6:56 pm
UK’s Sunak taps Jewish minister Grant Shapps to serve as next defense secretary
Shapps, who visited Israel last year as transport secretary, has said that ‘for all Israel’s faults, and goodness knows there are many,’ he remains a firm supporter
By AFP and ToI Staff
Nadhim Zahawi, Britain's Minister without Portfolio leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, January 17, 2023. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
January 29, 2023, 2:49 pm
UK prime minister fires party chairman over tax bill allegations
Pressure had been mounting on Nadhim Zahawi amid claims he settled millions in unpaid taxes when in charge of Treasury; PM Sunak calls it a ‘serious breach’ of ministerial code
By AP
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson arrives at Gatwick Airport in London, after traveling on a flight from the Caribbean, October 22, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP, File)
October 24, 2022, 12:32 am
Dropping comeback bid, Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be next UK prime minister
Former British leader says he lacks support to return to job he left 3 months ago, leaving former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak as strong favorite
By SYLVIA HUI and Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on October 14, 2022, following the sacking of the finance minister in response to a budget that sparked markets chaos (Daniel LEAL / POOL / AFP)
October 17, 2022, 2:40 am
Liz Truss’s UK leadership hangs by a thread amid crisis over her economic policies
New PM goes from triumph to deep trouble in 6 weeks, amid multiple U-turns on a failed financial strategy; senior party MPs said to hold secret meeting on her potential ouster
By AP and ToI Staff
The Merthyr Tydfil synagogue, which opened in 1877, has been out of use since 2006. (Chris Andrews/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
July 8, 2022, 3:50 am
UK grants $600,000 lifeline to turn old Welsh synagogue into Jewish cultural hub
Foundation for Jewish Heritage, which bought Merthyr Tydfil synagogue building in 2019, plans to transform it into first museum dedicated to the history of Welsh Jews
By MADELINE FIXLER
Illustrative: Egyptian prisoners of war are shown during the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967. Exact date and location unknown. (AP Photo)
May 14, 2022, 11:43 pm
Secret UK propaganda campaign stoked Israel hatred to appear authentic — documents
Declassified files show Britain attempted to sow division between Moscow and its Arab allies using fake reports blaming both sides for Egypt’s defeat in the 1967 Six Day War
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Fishermen work in the Tapajos river in the Alter do Chao district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, August 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, FILE)
February 2, 2021, 8:57 pm
UK Treasury-commissioned report calls for nature to be at heart of economics
Natural world should be key element in economic planning, urges Cambridge U. economist Partha Dasgupta; says growth and prosperity have ‘come at a devastating cost to nature”
By Pan Pylas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from R) and his staff meet with British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab and his team at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 25, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 25, 2020, 5:07 pm
Netanyahu scolds visiting British FM for rejecting Iran sanctions
Prime minister tells Dominic Raab that Israel expects London to back US bid for snapback sanctions, warns of nuke dangers
By ToI Staff
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi in Jerusalem on August 25, 2020. (Courtesy/Miri Shimonovich)
August 25, 2020, 2:51 pm
Ashkenazi tells UK counterpart Israel ‘disappointed’ in Iran arms embargo vote
‘Global effort to stop Iranian aggression has to be expressed in deeds, not only declarations,’ Israeli FM tells British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, at Jerusalem meeting
By ToI Staff
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