Netanyahu Calls Britain 'Islamic Republic'
The Facts
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to Britain as the "Islamic Republic of Britain" during a podcast interview with Avi Harush, a former military officer who lost his son in Gaza, released this week.
- Netanyahu said "someone" had claimed that the first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons would be Britain, adding that Israel was "making sure there won't be another one" in Iran.
- Netanyahu's remark echoed a 2024 comment by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at a National Conservatism Conference, in which he described the U.K. as the first "truly Islamist country" likely to obtain nuclear weapons.
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The Spin
Narrative A
Netanyahu’s sneer about an “Islamic republic of Britain” is as absurd as it is insulting. After years of British diplomatic cover, intelligence cooperation and extraordinary efforts made in Israel’s favor, such baseless mockery exposes not Britain’s failings, but the breathtaking ingratitude and recklessness of Netanyahu’s own rhetoric.
Narrative B
Britain has been overseeing growing Islamist influence for years while so-called leaders sell out the country to appease a growing extremist movement. This was surely a legitimate warning from someone who has spent a lifetime fighting Islamic extremism. Exposing the politicians and media figures covering this up is long overdue for Britain.
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