▪️ Britain's incoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, appears eager to maintain strong ties with Israel. Despite current vows to take a tougher stance on the Gaza war, Burnham previously declared that his first foreign trip as Labour leader would be directly to Israel.
▪️ Burnham is a longtime member of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI)—a Westminster lobby group dedicated to promoting strong bilateral ties with Israel—and has explicitly stated that he has
"always been a friend of Israel and the Jewish community, and that will never change."