Foreign secretary David Lammy said the two ministers have been sanctioned for 'inciting violence against the Palestinian people'.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, key partners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, are champions of Israeli settlement who support contin...

Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in a coordinated action imposed sanctions on Tuesday on cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting ...

The UK and Israel began negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement to bolster bilateral trade in July 2022, working off a 2019 UK-Israel trade continuity agreement. In July 2024, the UK’s new Labour government announced its intention to resume FTA talks with Israel, making it one of the six FTAs the government committed to restarting.

After two days of talks in London, the U.S. and China late Tuesday agreed on what they called a framework to get a May trade truce back on track.

Both sides were still meeting late Tuesday.