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A sign seized by Israeli police after the protester was arrested, June 6, 2026 (Israel Police Spokesperson)
August 20, 2026, 10:41 am
Western allies rebuke Israel over West Bank plan, Gaza probes, ‘inhumane’ rhetoric
Britain summons envoy to protest E1 settlement project, as does Australia for IDF decision to end investigation of aid workers’ killing, while Europeans condemn Ben Gvir’s Gaza remarks
By ToI Staff
Ed Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, July 21, 2026. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 24, 2026, 4:27 pm
10 clues on how new UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband could deal with Israel
The Jewish politician has a long, uneasy relationship with UK Jewry. From denunciations of Israel to warm words, how has Miliband got on with the Jewish state and British Jews — so far
By Robert Philpot
Ed Miliband, Britain’s new foreign secretary, arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 22, 2026, 4:49 am
Britain’s new Jewish FM has a long history of support for — and disagreement with — UK Jews
Ed Miliband, who has cited his parents’ experience as Nazi refugees in shaping his politics, has long decried antisemitism while taking critical stances on Israel that have caused concern among Jewish groups
By Kelly Hartog
Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood arrive for a cabinet meeting in London, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/ Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 20, 2026, 11:30 pm
Jewish former Labour leader Ed Miliband tapped as new British foreign secretary
New UK PM Burnham shakes up cabinet, purging Starmer loyalists, signaling tack to left; Miliband led party from 2010 to 2015, when he lost election; criticized Israel’s Gaza policy
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Keir Starmer, right, speaks to Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
June 19, 2026, 10:31 am
Special election win by Starmer rival could lead to UK PM’s fall: 5 key players and where they stand on Israel
Vote won by Andy Burnham seen as proxy battle over Labour’s future, with would-be successors in party positioning themselves to take a run at the premiership. But are they good for the Jews?
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, second from right, speaks with guests during a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
June 3, 2017, 4:16 am
5 reasons some British Jews support Labour, despite charges of anti-Semitism
A minority has remained loyal to the opposition party because of its policies, values and candidates on the local level
By Cnaan Liphshiz
This file photo taken on November 1, 2010 shows British MP Gerald Kaufman walking past Israeli border police guards at the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. AFP/HAZEM BADER)
February 27, 2017, 3:12 am
Britain’s oldest MP, Jewish and vociferously anti-Israel, dies aged 86
Gerald Kaufman, who served 47 years in Parliament, urged sanctions against Israel and compared IDF troops to Nazis
By ToI Staff and AFP
NBC segment on flu season featuring a picture of former UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband. (Screen capture: Twitter)
December 20, 2016, 4:24 pm
Ex-UK Labour chief pops up as ‘sick man’ on American TV
Picture of Ed Miliband appears in NBC story on flu season; his photo previously used in hoax story claiming he was ‘fixer’ for sex partners
By ToI Staff
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L), US President-elect Donald Trump (C) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS AND Scott Heppell, AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 26, 2016, 3:52 pm
The curious appeal of Messrs. Johnson, Trump and Netanyahu
Op-ed: As Boris forces Cameron to the Brexit, candidate Trump keeps confounding his would-be obituarists and Netanyahu resists the pressures of those who presume to tell Israel where its interests lie, it’s the era of the ‘anti’-politician
By David Horovitz
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is pictured as he leaves his home in London on April 29, 2016. (AFP/Leon Neal)
May 2, 2016, 8:11 pm
Third UK Labour official in day suspended for anti-Israel remarks
Israel Labor Party head weighs suspending ties with British counterpart over anti-Semitic sentiments of ‘small and loud minority’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, center, leaves after giving a speech at a May Day rally in London on May 1, 2016. (AFP/JUSTIN TALLIS)
May 2, 2016, 4:16 pm
Labour officials suspended for anti-Israel posts as scandal widens
Nottingham Councilor Ilyas Aziz and Blackburn Councilor Salim Mulla newest UK politicians exposed calling for relocation of Jewish state as party battles charges of rampant anti-Semitism within its ranks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Naz Shah with former London mayor Ken Livingstone in Bradford, April 2015, before her election as a Labour MP. (Wikimedia Commons, goodadvice.com, CC BY-SA 4.0)
April 29, 2016, 5:10 pm
Ken Livingstone, using Hitler to demonize Israel
Op-ed: In nurturing the obscene notion that Hitler was a Zionist, the former London mayor hopes to convince Britons that all those who rightly abhor the Nazis must likewise abhor and oppose Israel
By David Horovitz
File: Britain's Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the annual Labour Party Conference in Brighton, south east England, September 29, 2015. (AFP/Leon Neal)
March 7, 2016, 6:16 pm
Probe into Oxford U’s Labour club reveals ‘poisonous’ anti-Semitism
Some members dubbed Auschwitz a ‘cash cow,’ mocked Jewish victims of Paris supermarket attack, says Sunday Times
By Sue Surkes
Jeremy Corbyn smiles as he leaves the stage after he is announced as the new leader of the UK opposition Labour Party during the Labour Party Leadership Conference in London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
September 12, 2015, 8:56 pm
New UK Labour leader Corbyn said to consider a ‘minister for Jews’
Far-left head of opposition also seen mulling ‘minister for Muslims’ as outreach measure; has called for arms embargo on Israel, boycott of universities
By ToI Staff and AFP
MP Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the 'No More War' event in Parliament Square in 2014 (Hej JMaill, CC BY-via Wikipedia)
August 14, 2015, 5:36 am
UK’s Labour heads to polls with anti-Israel MP favored as new leader
Jeremy Corbyn, scrutinized for ties to anti-Semitic figures and statements seemingly in support of Hamas and Hezbollah, likely to take reins of opposition party
By AFP and ToI Staff
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