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UK Conservative Party MP Greg Smith at the Churchill War Rooms, in London, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
April 20, 2026, 1:55 pm
Iran ‘is our war,’ says UK lawmaker Greg Smith — contrary to PM Starmer’s claims
The new head of the Conservative Friends of Israel lambasts the Labour party’s handling of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as antisemitism in Britain reaches ‘appalling’ levels
By Robert Philpot
British author and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of antisemitism in Europe, in Paris on June 3, 2024. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
January 29, 2026, 11:53 am
Conservative pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
The British pundit, who has a BA in English literature from Oxford and has become one of the most prominent non-Jewish Israel supporters since Oct. 7, will teach a course on poetry
By Grace Gilson
Illustrative: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during a press conference in Tehran, on February 22, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 1, 2021, 10:30 pm
Iran accuses Israel of lying in order to ‘poison’ Vienna nuclear talks
Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman tweets that Israel’s ‘existence relies on tension,’ urges world powers to ignore ‘fake news designed to destroy prospects for success’
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right) meets with French President Emanuel Macron in Paris, on November 30, 2021. (MFA / Quentin Crestinu)
November 30, 2021, 8:14 pm
Lapid tells Macron that only a credible military threat can stop Iran nuclear drive
On last leg of his 3-day trip to London and Paris, FM urges European powers to ensure sanctions on Iran are not removed, warns Tehran just buying time to push ahead nuke program
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a Conservative Friends of Israel event in London, Britain, November 29, 2021. (Stuart Mitchell)
November 29, 2021, 9:12 pm
Lapid in the UK: Our fight against Iran and Hezbollah is good against evil
Speaking to Conservative Friends of Israel, FM says Israel will defend itself; Boris Johnson, in raucous address, says Tehran’s regional behavior must change
By Lazar Berman
Passengers arrive at Heathrow Airport, September 8, 2020 (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
November 21, 2020, 12:29 pm
UK’s virus quarantine rules define Israel, Jerusalem as two different areas
Foreign Office notes it doesn’t recognize Israeli sovereignty in capital and so uses separate categories for travel advice; Conservative Friends of Israel: Fix ‘offensive’ stance
By ToI Staff
Then British Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on February 26, 2019. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
February 13, 2020, 4:41 pm
Britain’s pro-Israel finance minister forced out in cabinet reshuffle
Sajid Javid, a Muslim child of immigrants, has been a close ally of the British Jewish community since entering politics in 2010
By AP and ToI Staff
UK international development minister MP Priti Patel (Wikipedia/Russell Watkins/Department for International Development/CC BY 2.0) and Jeremy Corbyn. (Public domain/CC0/Garry Knight)
November 9, 2017, 12:11 pm
Will resignation of possible May successor boost Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn?
A blow-by-blow of what led up to Priti Patel’s humiliating recall from Africa over holding secret meetings with Israeli officials to fund Golan hospitals aiding Syrian refugees
By Robert Philpot
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in London, February 6, 2017. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 25, 2017, 6:37 pm
Theresa May vows to mark Balfour centennial ‘with pride’
A week before hosting Netanyahu in London, British PM acknowledges Palestinian ‘sensitivities,’ urges commitment to two-state solution
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Theresa May (Composite image, Flash 90, AP)
January 13, 2017, 10:33 am
Netanyahu may have missed chance to quash UN vote by not calling UK’s May
During failed scramble to sink anti-settlement resolution, he called Boris Johnson, who helped draft the text, but not the British PM, who was reportedly ‘blindsided’ by her country’s support
By Raphael Ahren
British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a Rosh Hashana greeting to Britain's Jewish community on October 2, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
October 2, 2016, 5:03 pm
In Rosh Hashanah message, British PM vows to uproot anti-Semitism
Theresa May pledges to stamp out ‘sickening and shameful’ hatred of Jews, which ‘I never thought we would see again’
By ToI Staff
Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street in central London on July 13, 2016. (AFP/OLI SCARFF)
September 23, 2016, 7:21 pm
British PM hails UK-Israel ties in greeting for Jewish New Year
Theresa May highlights Balfour Declaration centennial, vows to fight BDS and says ‘Britain would not be Britain without its Jews’
By ToI Staff
Mohammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)
August 23, 2016, 11:43 pm
UK agency: No aid for charity accused of Hamas funding
Minister says awaiting World Vision’s audit on allegations of Hamas support; says it does not currently support organization’s Gaza branch
By ToI Staff
A delegation of Conservative Scottish lawmakers during an IDF strategic briefing at Mount Bental, overlooking the Syrian border, August 2016 (Elkie Myers/CFI)
August 4, 2016, 2:50 pm
Scottish Conservatives in Israel, in bid to flip the narrative back home
Senior MP sees Brexit as opportunity to build closer ties, says anti-Israel activism comes from ‘small but very vocal minority’
By Raphael Ahren
Members of the Conservative Friends of Israel delegation and the Peers Group of the All-Party Britain-Israel Parliamentary Group meet with PLO officials in Ramallah, February 17, 2016. (James Gurd)
February 18, 2016, 12:55 am
Sparks fly as PA officials blame visiting UK MPs for entire Palestine conflict
‘It’s difficult to see that these people could be a basis for negotiation,’ says deputy head of Conservative Friends of Israel after Ramallah dust-up
By Raoul Wootliff
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