Conservative Party

Both candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak promise to counter Iran’s nuclear ambitions, secure a UK-Israel free trade deal, fight BDS.

Truss vowed in a press release to “change woke civil service culture that strays into antisemitism,” according to 'The Independent.'

From an Israeli perspective, the two finalists were probably the best candidates of all those who announced they were running earlier this month.

The jostling to choose Boris Johnson's successor is underway, with senior figures and some lesser-known MPs expected to throw their hats in the ring.

It was an internal rebellion by the Tories that brought about the resignation of the strangely brilliant but ultimately unworthy Boris Johnson.

Two senior cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday, causing more than 40 senior and junior ministers to follow on Wednesday.

Such is the anger that the party triggered a challenge, forcing an anonymous vote of confidence in a leader who had once seemed unassailable.

Initial vote counts showed Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative coalition and the Labor opposition losing ground to smaller parties.

A group of nine British politicians from the ruling Conservative Party met with Israeli politicians, journalists, entrepreneurs and academics.

MK Gilad Kariv said he hopes the meeting leads to a building proper egalitarian prayer site at the Kotel in the months ahead.