His itinerary includes meetings with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and other senior government officials.

Ahead of the visit, British diplomats have engaged in preliminary discussions with their Israeli counterparts, addressing recent media reports.

Specifically, they said that an article in The Guardian suggesting that the new Labour government would abandon the UK’s effort to challenge the International Criminal Court over attempts to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “not accurate”, emphasising that the matter remains under review.

The previous government, under Rishi Sunak, joined Israel in fighting against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan after he applied to have the court issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes, along with Hamas leaders.

Sunak’s administration had secretly filed a challenge on June 10, questioning the ICC’s jurisdiction over Israeli nationals in relation to alleged war crimes in Gaza.

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