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Lord David Young holds his insignia of member of the Order of the Companions of Honour after it was presented to him by the Prince of Wales at the Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on May 15, 2015 in London, England. (John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
December 13, 2022, 5:49 am
British-Jewish politician who advised Margaret Thatcher dies at 90
Lord David Young remembered for using his position to also advocate on behalf of British Jewry and pushing for stronger UK-Israel ties
By David I. Klein
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a helicopter ride over Israel's central region, June 23, 2010. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 21, 2019, 5:01 pm
Netanyahu’s Israel: Divided over the legacy of its longest serving PM
As he’s consolidated power in 13-plus years at helm, growing discontent among many citizens keeps the premier from attaining the legendary status of the man he’s now overtaken
By Raoul Wootliff
Conservative MP Oliver Letwin arrives at the Cabinet Office on Whitehall in London on March 22, 2019.(Tolga AKMEN/AFP)
March 27, 2019, 9:27 am
Meet UK lawmaker Oliver Letwin, the policy guru behind Brexit breakthrough bid
Conservative backbencher, who is Jewish, submitted controversial amendment allowing MPs, rather than the government, to drive the exit process from European Union
By Robin MILLARD
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's Labour Party, listens to speakers during the Party of European Socialists Council in Lisbon, December 2 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
April 17, 2018, 3:44 am
It backed Israel before Balfour: Corbyn stance is stark shift from early Labour
In a ‘long history of friendship’ between the British and Israeli parties that has seen peaks and valleys, today’s gulf is the grand canyon
By Robert Philpot
Ofir Akunis in Jerusalem on March 22, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
March 6, 2018, 10:26 pm
Marking women’s day, minister tells female MKs to ‘quit whining’
Ofir Akunis sparks backlash from lawmakers for urging women to shed ‘old-fashioned’ perceptions and learn from US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley
By Tamar Pileggi
Authors Elliot Jager (left) and Azriel Bermant (center) discussing British-Israeli relations with journalist Matthew Kalman at a Times of Israel event in Jerusalem on February 27, 2018. (Eliyahu Yanai/Mishkenot Sha'ananim)
February 28, 2018, 1:52 pm
100 years after Balfour, Britain still shaping the region, say pair of authors
In front of Jerusalem crowd heavy with British accents and wit, Elliot Jager and Azriel Bermant share ups and downs of Zionist-British relations and where the alliance stands today
By Tracy Frydberg
February 20, 2018, 4:17 pm
Britain and Zionism: Did Margaret Thatcher betray Balfour?
Times of Israel Presents authors Elliot Jager and Azriel Bermant discussing their new books at Mishkenot Sha’ananim on February 27
By Matthew Kalman
The Conservative government front bench sit in the House of Commons in London, April 11, 1981. Left to right are then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe, Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph, Defense Secretary John Nott, and Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit. (AP Photo/BIPHA/Central Press Photos)
January 17, 2018, 4:09 pm
Meet the little-known Jewish man behind Britain’s Thatcherist revolution
Born 100 years ago, upper-class Sir Keith Joseph made for a strange political bedfellow with Methodist, underprivileged Thatcher — but together the two changed UK politics forever
By Robert Philpot
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meet in Cairo, July 2010. (Moshe Milner/Government Press Office/Flash90)
November 30, 2017, 11:37 am
Netanyahu proposed settling Palestinians in Sinai, Mubarak says
Former Egyptian president says he rejected PM’s idea outright; remarks follow report on international bid to have Egypt take in Palestinians in 1983
By Sue Surkes
Margaret Thatcher with Yitzhak Shamir in Jerusalem in 1986. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 29, 2017, 1:40 pm
How Margaret Thatcher’s family sheltered an Austrian Jew during the Holocaust
Britain’s first female PM was known for an iconoclastic love of Jews and Israel. That was at least partly rooted in an early experience
By Robert Philpot
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the Conservative Party HQ in central London, on June 9, 2017, hours after the polls closed in the British general election (AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL)
June 9, 2017, 9:45 am
Theresa May: The ‘steady’ leader who gambled and lost
When the British PM called surprise elections in April, it seemed like a smart move; then the opposition Labour began to gain ground
By Alice Ritchie
Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a meeting about social care in Birmingham central England on Tuesday April 18, 2017. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
April 19, 2017, 3:17 pm
Will Britain’s Labour lose the Jews again in 7 weeks?
While historically the party held close ties with Jewish voters, it’s lost support for appearing to be anti-Israel. With Corbyn at the helm, that’s set to get worse
By Robert Philpot
Almost a decade after the failed London Agreement, prime minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan meet in the Royal Palace in Amman in December 1995. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 30, 2016, 3:12 pm
Missed opportunity? The 1987 Peres-Hussein peace deal that wasn’t
Pushed by Margaret Thatcher, Shimon Peres believed the London Agreement would have averted the Intifada. Here’s what went wrong
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Former US president Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at a luncheon in New Orleans in honor of her work to combat drug abuse, August 15, 1988. (AFP/Mike Sargent)
September 17, 2016, 8:09 pm
Now you too can own a piece of Reagan
Hundreds of items from 40th president’s possessions expected to fetch $2 million in New York sale next week
By Jennie Matthew
Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles before she speaks at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Hall on August 4, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker/Getty Images/AFP)
August 6, 2016, 11:58 pm
In historic role, Clinton brings a new look to leadership
Democratic candidate is redefining how an American leader dresses, talks — and even relaxes
By Catherine Lucey
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