Theresa May
“We sincerely thank Theresa May for being a true friend to the Jewish community during her time in office,” said Board of Deputies of British Jews president Marie van der Zyl in a statement.
Great Britain is Israel’s largest European trade partner and third-largest overall. The trade turnover between the two nations in 2018 was around $11 billion—a 15 percent increase from the previous year.
“A disturbing large number of young Jewish people are questioning whether they should remain in this country,” said Labour MP John Mann, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group Against Anti-Semitism.
British Prime Minister Theresa May called the planned demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank by the Israeli authorities a “major blow for the prospects of a two-state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital with the Palestinians.”
He told the undercover officer that he planned to sprint to the door of the Prime Minister’s Office and decapitate the head of state.
The Israeli prime minister told his British counterpart that he believes that there are “ways to work together to achieve both goals.”
Both Russia and China, which have strong ties with Iran and veto power in the U.N. Security Council, are unlikely to support any additional pressure on Iran.
“For millennia, the descendants of those Moses led to freedom have continued to face hatred, discrimination and violence. It’s a situation that continues to this day, including, I’m sad to say, here in Britain,” said British Prime Minister Theresa May.