Rishi Sunak

Goldman Sachs hires former British PM Sunak as senior adviser

For Sunak, the appointment marks a return to the bank, where he first worked as a summer intern in investment banking in 2000 and later as an analyst between 2001 and 2004.

 Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a service of thanksgiving and rededication on the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, September 15, 2024.
 A haredi man reads a newspaper in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood.

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 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech, following his first cabinet meeting as Prime Minister, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024.

Despite tensions over Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu pledges to work with British PM Starmer

 Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England.

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UK PM Rishi Sunak to visit Israel on Thursday as war escalates

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is set to meet with leaders in Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar in the coming days.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signs messages and prayers for Israel at a Jewish school in London, Britain October 16, 2023

UK PM Sunak: There has been a 'disgusting' rise in antisemitic incidents

London's Metropolitan Police said there had been 105 reports of antisemitic incidents and 75 antisemitic offences between Sept. 29 and Oct. 12.

Then Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 17, 2020.

UK PM Sunak to Jewish communities in Britain: 'I am with you'

"There are not two sides to these events. There is no question of balance, I stand with Israel, we stand with Israel," Sunak said.

 Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak records a video message about the situation in Israel at Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister, near Aylesbury, Britain, Oct 8, 2023.

UK Jewish businesses attacked amid Gaza war

The UK's Prime Minister condemned the attacks and said he would be working with the Metropolitan police.

 Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside Downing Street in London, Britain, June 12, 2021.

UK PM Rishi Sunak celebrates Sukkot before Conservative Party conference

Sunak, who has long been a defender of the UK’s Jewish community and of the State of Israel, shook the lulav and etrog under the Board of Deputies of British Jews’ Sukkah.

 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visiting the Board of Deputies of British Jews’ succah at the Conservative Party conference with Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl and Senior Vice President David Mendoza-Wolfson Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023.

UK to ban 'American XL bully' dogs after a flurry of attacks leave several dead

Campaigners say that a ban will not take dogs off the streets, they point out that putting down hundreds, potentially thousands, of dogs on mass would be deeply unpopular with the British public.

  Pitbull In Virginia, October 21, 2022.

UK hires Jewish lawmaker Grant Shapps as new defense minister

Shapps, who says his Jewish relatives were chased out of Latvia, Poland and Russia several generations ago, described hearing about his Ukrainian guests' experience as "sobering."

 Grant Shapps leaves 10 Downing Street after being announced as Britain's new defence secretary in London, Britain, August 31, 2023

Biden meets King Charles and PM Sunak, hails 'rock solid' UK ties

The climate crisis is an issue both Biden and Charles, an environmental campaigner for more than five decades, say poses an existential threat.

 United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks to U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles during a climate engagement with philanthropists and investors at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, July 10, 2023.

UN Security Council to hold closed door meeting on Jenin

The PA envoy Riyad Mansour wrote to British Ambassador Barbara Woodward asking for a Security Council meeting and demanding action to “hold Israel accountable for its crimes” in Jenin and elsewhere.

Israeli military vehicles are seen entering Jenin on July 4, 2023

UK PM Rishi Sunak 'flattered' after JC calls him a 'nice Jewish boy'

Sunak was given the "Jewish" status in an article that explains how everything can be divided into two categories: Jewish or Goyish.

 New leader of the Britain's Conservative Party Rishi Sunak walks outside the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, in London, Britain October 24, 2022.