The former leadership contender said he was "fully supporting" Ms Badenoch despite a poll of members showing half did not want her to lead the party into the next election.
UK political leaders have acknowledged rising antisemitism in the UK following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza.
Victoria Atkins also spoke about her "sadness" at the Tories' plan to leave the EHCR but said it was the right thing to "deal with the politics of today".