© 2026 JewishNews, All Rights Reserved.
Concept, design & development by RGB Media logo
Powered by Salamandra
FCDO
Wizz Air plane at Lution Airport. (Photo credit: Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
May 28, 2026, 5:03 pm
Wizz Air’s London to Tel Aviv route returns
European budget carrier now offering five flights a week despite UK Foreign Office travel guidance remaining at 'red' level
By Michelle Rosenberg
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir. Photo by Dudu Greenspan/Flash90
May 21, 2026, 11:39 am
Top Israeli diplomat in UK summoned over ‘inflammatory’ video of detainees
On Thursday, the Israeli charge d’affaires Daniela Grudsky Ekstein was summoned to the FCDO
By Lee Harpin
Yvette Cooper speaks at FCDO with Chanukiah in courtyard
March 30, 2026, 3:09 pm
UK breaks with Tory policy and confirms it will abstain on Human Rights Council Israel votes
JLC, Board and other communal organisations slam 'appalling' decision
By Lee Harpin
Jon Pearce MP speaks at LFI event
February 26, 2026, 1:49 pm
Pearce confirmed as the UK’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues
Role includes promoting Holocaust education and bringing justice and assistance to Holocaust victims and their families
By JN Reporter
Photo credit: The Western Wall Heritage Foundation
August 5, 2025, 12:03 pm
British Government set to recognise Palestinian sovereignty over Judaism’s holiest sites
April Memorandum refers to recognition of a Palestinian state 'based on 1967 lines' - which would see Jerusalem's Old City, the Western Wall and Temple Mount recognised as Palestinian territory
By Jewish News Reporter
High Court
July 10, 2025, 11:43 am
Government refusal to help Palestinian family leave Gaza ‘unlawful’, court told
Foreign Office defends claims of lack of support after family of six applied through scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees
By Jewish News Reporter
David Lammy
May 28, 2025, 11:58 am
Foreign Secretary accused of wrongly translating Netanyahu comments to Parliament
The Foreign Secretary told Parliament the Israeli PM had said, regarding food aid, 'just enough to prevent hunger'. Native Hebrew speakers have disputed this
By Daniel Sugarman
Travellers exit the coronavirus testing area at Ben Gurion International Airport (Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen)
December 16, 2024, 9:29 am
Foreign Office ends do not travel to Israel advice
New advice published by the FCDO says it 'no longer advises against all travel or all but essential travel to some areas of Israel and the West Bank'
By Lee Harpin
UNRWA sign in Jerusalem, 2007
May 20, 2024, 5:37 pm
UK government likely to restore UNRWA funding, MPs are told
Deputy foreign minister Andrew Mitchell tells MPs; "The House, I think, should expect that we will be restoring funding'
By Lee Harpin
Lord Cameron meets with Benjamin Netanyahu
December 13, 2023, 5:59 pm
UK announces fresh Hamas sanctions as Sunak hints at Royal Navy role in Gaza aid
With Mahmoud Zahar, the Gaza-based co-founder of Hamas amongst those targeted, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron says terror group "can have no future in Gaza"
By Jewish News Reporter
left to right; Maureen Phillips, Sir Horace Phillips’ daughter; Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO; Sophie Ross, co-Chair of the Horace Society; Laura Popoviciu, Government Art Collections
April 19, 2023, 9:56 am
First Jewish career ambassador honoured with a room in his name at Foreign Office
Sir Horace Phillips died in 2004 after an extraordinary career in the Middle East
By Michelle Rosenberg
IRGC tank in Tehran (Wikipedia)
December 28, 2022, 4:38 pm
UK imposes sanctions on Iranian Revolutionary Guards
James Cleverly said:: “I hope you will not hear me utter the well-worn phrases: ‘I am concerned by…’ or, worst of all, ‘I am deeply concerned by…,’ without also saying what I am doing."
By Jenni Frazer
Load More