Israel and britain

Playing politics with security: Jerusalem must review UK privileges amid sanctions - editorial

Britain and Israel have genuine strategic interests in common even when their governments disagree sharply, but diplomatic relations require reciprocity.

The Elizabeth Tower more commonly known as Big Ben is pictured during a near total solar eclipse, with more than 90 percent of the Sun blocked by the Moon across Britain, in central London on August 12, 2026.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London

Miliband invoked his 60 relatives murdered in the Holocaust, then announced sanctions on Israel

Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during Ministerial Statement on Government Direction at the House of Commons in London

What Britain risks by treating Israeli intelligence as a bargaining chip - comment


British Airways owner mulling London-Eilat flights

CEO Alex Cruz visited Tel Aviv, met with Israeli start-ups.

British Airways CEO Alex Cruz (left) hoists an advertisement hailing Mandatory “Palestine to Iraq” flights as he visited Tel Aviv on Thursday with BA Israel country manager Yael Katan and BA revenue management head Joerg Tuensmeyer

A scientific uplift for cultural relations

There’s already a huge amount going on. The UK is a leading partner of the Israeli scientific community – last year nearly 1,500 scientific publications included a UK and Israeli researcher.

UK-ISRAEL projects tackle major global diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s and cardiovascular disease. (Illustrative

The British elections, Jews and Israel

From a logical point of view Israel and the Jews shouldn’t be issues at all in the election. Yet when antisemitism is concerned rationality often evaporates.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, in London, February 6, 2017

Warm greetings on a landmark anniversary

The UK has been a friend of Israel in both good and bad times.

A Union Jack flag flies in front of the clock face on the Houses of Parliament in central London

Can Israel have UK-style snap elections? Don't count on it

For now, Israelis who feel that elections and their aftermath take too long can only look at the UK with envy.

Netanyahu and May in London

Col. Kemp: International community ignoring Hezbollah threat to Israel

Former British commander with Friends of Israel Initiative says UK should consider preventing return of citizens who joined Islamic State.

Colonel Richard Kemp

The Iron Lady and the Jewish state

A new study of the famed British leader shows that the more things in Israel change, the more they stay the same.

UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to a crowd in Jerusalem alongside prime minister Shimon Peres in May 1986

JPost Editorial: Our fair lady

Many British Jews feel threatened by BDS, because it represents another front in the war of extermination against Israel.

London

The reasons why Perfidious Albion is cosying up to Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Junior embassy employee taped badmouthing British ministers

Apparent Al Jazeera "sting" raises questions about the way workers at Israel’s London legation hold unsupervised political discussions.

Houses of Parliament, London