At a Conservative Friends of Israel event in Birmingham, Truss, in the boldest terms, proclaimed herself as "a huge Zionist and huge supporter of Israel" and pledged that she would "take the UK-Israel relationship from strength to strength", causing outrage online and in the media.

As the Russian Foreign Minister said, Liz Truss has her own principles, primarily, adherence to a hard line in defending Britain’s interests without any wish to take into account the position of others or to make any compromises