LONDON: MPs from the UK’s ruling Labour Party have urged government ministers not to meet with Israel’s president during his visit to London next week. Isaac Herzog will spend two days in the UK, but there has been no confirmation from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office if there will be a meeting between the two. Relations between the UK and Israel are strained after Starmer pledged to recognize a Palestinian state later this month if a ceasefire cannot be agreed in Gaza, amongst other criteria.

Israel’s president Isaac Herzog is expected to visit London next week

Isaac Herzog is expected in the UK on Wednesday and Thursday for talks with ministers, with the government on the verge of recognising an independent Palestinian state.

Speculation of a meeting between Sir Keir and Isaac Herzog has sparked outrage among Labour MPs

Exclusive: Isaac Herzog to visit London for expected talks with ministers, with UK on brink of recognising Palestinian statehood

LONDON: MPs from the UK’s ruling Labour Party have urged government ministers not to meet with Israel’s president during his visit to London next week. Isaac Herzog will spend two…

If Britain has a problem it is with Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, not the pro-peace “Bougie” Herzog