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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 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
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street after the weekly meeting of the cabinet in central London on October 31, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)
December 7, 2017, 11:38 pm
UK foreign secretary skips passage in speech criticizing Trump on Jerusalem
Boris Johnson says he omitted section censuring recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital because it was ‘easier to answer a question’
By Sue Surkes
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gets into a car as he leaves his home in London on July 15, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)
July 19, 2016, 10:47 am
Boris Johnson to make first US trip for Islamic State talks
UK foreign secretary will also meet with his US counterpart in London to stress importance of special relationship
By AFP
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leaves his home in London on July 15, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)
July 18, 2016, 1:02 am
British FM makes emergency landing en route to Brussels
Technical fault forces plane to land in Luton as Boris Johnson’s up and down week continues
By AFP
John Kerry talks at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2016. (State Department)
July 14, 2016, 4:58 pm
Kerry calls new UK foreign secretary Johnson after shock appointment
Despite disappointment over Brexit, State Department says US-UK special relationship ‘as essential as ever’
By AFP
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in central London on July 14, 2016. (AFP/POOL/Andrew Matthews)
July 14, 2016, 4:35 pm
Europe stunned as UK’s ‘jester’ Boris becomes top diplomat
French foreign minister says Brexit campaigner ‘lied a lot’; European Parliament chief slams new British cabinet
By Frank Zeller and Charlotte Plantive
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