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People walk past the gated entrance to the road housing the Israeli embassy in London on June 15, 2025. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
October 9, 2026, 11:06 pm
Two men deny carrying out surveillance for Iran of Israeli embassy in UK
Pair are also accused of staking out Britain’s oldest synagogue and other Israeli, Jewish targets
By Reuters
A view of the the British Consulate in east Jerusalem after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced that Israel would close the facility in response to UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, September 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
October 5, 2026, 9:47 pm
UK threatens to expel 27 Israeli diplomats if Jerusalem consulate is shuttered – report
After FM Sa’ar orders diplomatic mission closed, London said to warn it will boot one envoy for each member of staff who loses job; resolution talks reportedly ongoing
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Abdullah Albadri (UK Crown Prosecution Service)
October 5, 2026, 8:32 pm
Kuwaiti jailed for life in UK over attempted attack at Israeli embassy in 2025
Abdullah Albadri, 34, had a note saying he intended to be a martyr ‘for the glory of God,’ police said; he twice sought asylum in UK, was motivated to attack by Gaza war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem Day in Tehran, May 31, 2019. (Saeid Zareian/DPA/Reuters); Israel’s UK Embassy in Kensington, west London, March 23, 2010. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
September 6, 2026, 6:29 pm
2 London apartments near Israeli embassy thought to be owned by Khamenei go up for sale
Properties reportedly put up for sale when Iranian banker Ali Ansari, believed to be supreme leader’s frontman, defaults on mortgages after being sanctioned by UK and US
By ToI Staff
People walk past the gated entrance to the road housing the Israeli embassy in London on June 15, 2025. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
May 1, 2026, 5:01 pm
Man convicted of attempting terror attack at Israeli embassy in London
Abdullah Albadri of Kuwait tried to breach the embassy’s perimeter with two knives in April 2025 after his asylum claim was rejected by the UK
By Reuters
Israel's ambassador to Britain, Tzipi Hotovely, speaks onstage during the commemoration of the first anniversary of October 7, in Hyde Park in London, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
April 26, 2026, 2:31 pm
Cabinet approves ex-UK envoy Hotovely to lead National Public Diplomacy Directorate
Former envoy will fill diplomacy position that has been vacant for two years; ministers also okay Doron Cohen as civil service commissioner
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
This aerial image shows burnt-out ambulances in a parking area along a street in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London on March 23, 2026, after the ambulances run by a Jewish volunteer organization were set on fire overnight. (Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)
March 23, 2026, 10:22 pm
‘We are scared, terrified’: London Jews on edge after antisemitic arson attack
No arrests yet, as new Iran-linked terror group claims responsibility for burning of four community ambulances next to Golders Green synagogue; counterterror police investigating
By Agencies
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem Day in Tehran, May 31, 2019. (Saeid Zareian/DPA/Reuters); Israel’s UK Embassy in Kensington, west London, March 23, 2010. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
March 9, 2026, 2:46 pm
Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly owns two London properties overlooking the Israeli Embassy
UK newspapers say new Iranian leader’s vast global property holdings include two apartments on same street as embassy, 50 yards away, enabling ‘permanent surveillance’ and constituing a ‘serious security breach’
By ToI Staff
Police officers guard a barrier close to the Israeli embassy, the destination for a National March for Palestine in central London on February 17, 2024. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 3:25 am
Report: Arrested Iranian nationals were planning attack on Israeli Embassy in London
Unsourced report in The Times says ‘it’s understood the embassy was the main target’ of alleged plot, which minister has called one of ‘the biggest counter-state threats’ in years
By Nava Freiberg
Police officers guard a barrier close to the Israeli embassy, the destination for a National March for Palestine in central London on February 17, 2024. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
April 30, 2025, 2:49 pm
Man charged after trying to break into Israeli embassy in London carrying a knife
Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, was detained inside compound’s grounds, apparently wearing keffiyeh; police suspect him of terrorism offense and possession of bladed weapon
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and Agencies
Protesters holding placards and waving Israeli flags take part in a march in central London, on June 2, 2024, to bring attention to the plight of the hostages still held in Gaza. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 3, 2024, 1:36 am
Tens of thousands march in London to call for release of hostages
Supporters rally under banner ‘United we bring them home,’ for largest pro-Israel gathering in UK since October 7; speakers include relatives of Hamas captives
By ToI Staff
Then-Minister Benny Gantz, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2024, 6:02 am
PM told UK embassy not to help with Gantz’s trip in any way, including security — TV
Report says Netanyahu instructed ambassador not to assist Shin Bet in making arrangements for the war cabinet minister’s visit to London, but stresses his security won’t be harmed
By ToI Staff
Police maintain a cordon as demonstrators rally in support of Israel outside the Israeli Embassy in central London on May 23, 2021. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
March 10, 2023, 7:26 pm
Ex-staffers at Israeli embassy in UK: We couldn’t serve under current government
23 former employees say current staff are part of effort to ‘whitewash Israel’s first government with explicitly anti-democratic intentions,’ urge them to join protest movement
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection in Jerusalem, on January 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 4, 2021, 10:41 pm
Israel flies in diplomats from UK for vaccinations; envoys elsewhere to follow
Staff will make trip again in three weeks for second dose
By Lazar Berman
Likud supporters hold flags near then-minister of Diaspora Affairs Tzipi Hotovely at a demonstration demanding Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, February 27, 2020 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 26, 2020, 12:05 pm
Annexation currently not on the table, UK envoy Hotovely says
In first appearance with her Emirati and Bahraini colleagues, settlement advocate-turned diplomat says Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be ‘solved by direct dialogue’
By Raphael Ahren
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