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Football club loses sponsors after Palestinian flag hoisted over pitch

League One side Forest Green Rovers FC also displayed anti-Israel advert boards

By Nic North

3 min read

Football club loses sponsors after Palestinian flag hoisted over pitch

12th July 1967: General Chaim Herzog, the first military governor of the West Bank of Jordan, arriving at London Airport. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)

UK-Israel relations

Clarence House changed the mood in Israel

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the United Mexican States, Felipe Calderon,(background R) toast during a State Banquet inside the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace in central London on March 30, 2009. The President of the United Mexican States and his wife, Senora Margarita Zavala, are on a four-day State visit to the United Kingdom. AFP PHOTO Johnny Green/PA ROTA POOL (Photo credit should read JOHNNY GREEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Royal Family

Gold plates and black hats: When Buckingham Palace went kosher

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. World leaders including US President Barack Obama and Prince Charles were bidding farewell to Israeli ex-prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres as his funeral began under massive security. / AFP / POOL / ABIR SULTAN (Photo credit should read ABIR SULTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

By Lord Polak

The Foreign Office must accept a new reality in the Middle East

3 min read

TEHRAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 15: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon at Tehran University's weekly Friday prayers 15 December 2000, with a portrait of his predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the background. Khamenei described in his sermon Israel as a "cancerous tumor" that should be eradicated, as fresh violence erupted in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, leaving five more Palestinians dead. (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran nuclear program

Is Iran happy with 'zombie' nuclear deal ?

By Anshel Pfeffer

4 min read

Monarchy

'Sad' that the Queen was never allowed to visit Israel, says peer

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

Israeli Politics

The ‘Brit Pack’ at the heart of power in Israel

By Felix Pope

3 min read

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Peer attacks BBC for 'glorifying terrorism'

Abdel Bari Atwan appeared to express sympathy for the Rushdie assailant’s extremism on the BBC News Channel

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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September 1, 2022 13:40

Peer attacks BBC for 'glorifying terrorism'

By Dominic Green

The first attack on Biden’s Iran deal will come from the US Congress

There are midterm elections in November and the Republicans look set to win in a landslide - an Iran deal would be another albatross around the Democrats’ necks

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August 26, 2022 14:00

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks during a discussion at the Media Summit of the Americas at the ASU California Center on June 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The event coincides with the Ninth Summit of the Americas as leaders from North, Central and South America travel to Los Angeles for the summit to discuss issues such as trade and migration. The United States is hosting the summit for the first time since 1994, when it took place in Miami. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

By Matt Godwin

It's a multi-trillion-dollar prize for Middle East and UK

Two years on from first Abraham Accords, peace dividend promises unimaginable rewards

3 min read

August 11, 2022 13:46

US President Joe Biden disembarks from his plane upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, on July 13, 2022, as he starts his first tour of the Middle East since entering the White House last year. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Liz Truss pledges to review moving UK embassy to Jerusalem if elected PM

Her promise comes in a letter issued today to members of Conservative Friends of Israel

By David Rose

2 min read

August 5, 2022 15:05

CARDIFF, WALES - AUGUST 03: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks during a Conservative party membership hustings at the All Nations Centre on August 3, 2022 in Cardiff, Wales. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are holding hustings around the UK for Conservative party members as they vie to become their leader and the next UK Prime Minister. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak praises Israel as a 'shining beacon of hope' and denounces claim it is an apartheid state

Former Chancellor also pledges to increase government funding to combat antisemitism in Britain

By David Rose

3 min read

August 4, 2022 09:15

EXETER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01: Former Chancellor to the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during the second Conservative party membership hustings, on August 01, 2022 in Exeter, England. Conservative Party Leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will attend the second party membership hustings in Exeter this evening. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

David Lammy made secret three-day visit to Israel last week

Exclusive: The shadow foreign secretary visited Yad Vashem and met with Israeli Labour leader Merav Michaeli

By David Rose

2 min read

July 29, 2022 10:21

David Lammy made secret three-day visit to Israel last week

By Ian Austin

UK-Israel trade deal negotiations start today

It's a huge opportunity and a a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to draw up a deal for the next 30 years

1 min read

July 21, 2022 13:05

UK-Israel trade deal negotiations start today

UK launches Israel Free Trade Agreement talks

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will today meet Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely to launch negotiations

By Felix Pope

2 min read

July 20, 2022 11:00

Britain's International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan speaks during a joint press conference with US Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai following talks on the post-Brexit trade situation, in London, on April 26, 2022. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

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UK-Israel relations

Football club loses sponsors after Palestinian flag hoisted over pitch

Clarence House changed the mood in Israel

Gold plates and black hats: When Buckingham Palace went kosher

The Foreign Office must accept a new reality in the Middle East

Is Iran happy with 'zombie' nuclear deal ?

'Sad' that the Queen was never allowed to visit Israel, says peer

The ‘Brit Pack’ at the heart of power in Israel

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