Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson decries annexation in op-ed for Israeli newspaper

Johnson called annexation a violation of international law and “a gift to those who want to perpetuate the old stories about Israel.”

By Marcy Oster July 1, 2020 3:05 pm

British Secretary of State Dominic Raab arriving to a briefing about the coronavirus at prime minister's residence on Downing Street 10, London, the United Kingdon on April 7, 2020. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Dominic Raab, whose father was a Jewish refugee, is Britain’s acting prime minister with Boris Johnson hospitalized

His father fled to Britain at the age of 7 from what was then Czechoslovakia following the Nazi annexations there in 1938.

April 7, 2020 1:46 pm

London rabbi dies of coronavirus and Boris Johnson says he’s infected

Rabbi Uri Ashkenazi was the 26th Jewish fatality of the disease in the United Kingdom, where Jews are overrepresented in the death toll from COVID-19.

March 27, 2020 9:51 am

First Person

The Netherlands is OK with citizens being exposed to the coronavirus. That’s both reassuring and terrifying to me.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 24, 2020 2:45 pm

Boris Johnson in Hanukkah message says Britain will stand with its Jewish community

By Marcy Oster December 23, 2019 9:49 am

Boris Johnson to push anti-BDS agenda as British prime minister

By Sam Sokol December 16, 2019 11:25 am

Jeremy Corbyn says he’ll step down as Britain’s Labour Party leader after resounding defeat

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 13, 2019 9:56 am

Boris Johnson serves up doughnuts in London kosher bakery

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 10:18 am

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, shown making a speech during a visit to Pen Green Children's Centre in Corby, England, Aug. 19, 2019, has been accused of allowing anti-Semitism in his party. (Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn mispronounces Jeffrey Epstein’s name, and critics have a field day

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 20, 2019 3:45 pm

UK Tory candidate says rabbis turn Jews visiting Israel into ‘brainwashed extremists’

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 18, 2019 8:50 am

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