Israel and britain

On this day: 109th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour wrote a letter that made history.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration
Green Party leader Zack Polanski leaves BBC Broadcasting House following media interviews in the wake of the results in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, where he stood as an unsuccessful candidate, London, Britain, October 9, 2026.

Green Party coalition ruled out by UK PM Burnham following antisemitic 'Zionism is racism' motion

“It is wrong. It is antisemitic, and this side of the House will have nothing to do with it, and we will always take the right response when it comes to any partnerships we have with other parties.”

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A view of the entrance to the British Consulate in east Jerusalem, September 9, 2026

Israel, UK agree to keep east Jerusalem consulate open as limited diplomatic mission

Twenty British diplomats, including the consul-general, will leave Israel, while seven diplomats will remain at the former consulate under a limited mandate, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said.

|ByJAMES GENN, GOLDIE KATZ
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a possible attack during the 2026 election.

Netanyahu: 'Britain still an ally of Israel,' even if gov't 'appeases our enemies, attacks us'

"When they appease our common enemies and attack us, it doesn't say much," Netanyahu said about the current relationship with the UK government during an interview with The Daily Mail.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

British Jewry, intolerance against Orthodoxy and global religious extremism

Jonathan Arkush, leader of the main representative body of Britain’s Jews, sees good reason to be optimistic on the kingdom’s Jewish community.

DECEMBER 3, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies

Jewish students at Cambridge allege cover-up of antisemitic attack

One of the students, identified as Shlomo Roiter-Jesner, 25, said that when the students at the bar noticed their kippot they got “more physical and more vocal.”

NOVEMBER 28, 2016ByJTA
Building at Cambridge University in England.

For 41% of UK Jews, faith is an issue in the workplace

According to survey by UK chief rabbi’s Shabbat initiative.

NOVEMBER 4, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
JEWISH MEN share a conversation in Golders Green, London, in January 2015.

Jewish Labour activist's campaign against UK party official gains support

The British party suspended Jackie Walker, who criticized Holocaust Memorial Day, and plans to sue Labour Secretary Iain McNicol.

OCTOBER 27, 2016ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Janice Walker.

The royal kippa

I was still quite surprised, maybe even a British “shocked,” to see Prince Charles with an emblazoned kippa.

OCTOBER 20, 2016ByHANOCH NE'EMAN
Prince Charles at Shimon Peres' funeral.

Dimwit Jezza just doesn’t get what Jew-hatred is

OCTOBER 18, 2016ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

'Israel was created by the Rothschilds, not God,' Labour member's post reads

Website Guido Fawkes quotes a source in the Labour Party as saying "it is the worst we have ever seen."

OCTOBER 13, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
DATE IMPORTED:September 28, 2016Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures after delivering his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2016.

Meet the Ambassador: Britain's David Quarrey

Israel is Quarrey’s first ambassadorial posting.

OCTOBER 5, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
British Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey

Home Design: Her piece of peace

The house is a very special Bauhaus- era building and ambassadors have been keen to showcase it.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016ByGLORIA DEUTSCH
KIM LINDY’S antique mahogany desk in her home in Ramat Hasharon.

British lawmaker accuses Israel of causing rise in jihadism

Tonge: The treatment of the Palestinians by Israel is a major cause of the rise of extreme Islamism and Daesh.

JULY 22, 2016ByJTA
Jenny Tonge, a House of Lords member from the Liberal Democrat party