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Netanyahu calls UK ‘first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons’
Netanyahu calls UK ‘first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Britain the 'Islamic republic of Britain' and warned of it becoming the 'first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons' in an Army Radio interview. He criticised…
The Story in Brief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Britain the 'Islamic republic of Britain' and warned of it becoming the 'first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons' in an Army Radio interview. He criticised the UK's shift in attitude towards Israel and contrasted it with what he called positive coverage from journalist Randolph Churchill half a century ago.
The remarks come as Netanyahu also rejected a US-backed plan to end the Gaza war, insisting Israel will not withdraw until Hamas is completely disarmed. The proposed deal had called for Hamas to begin disarming while Israel halted strikes and withdrew from about 60% of the territory it controls. Meanwhile, Palestinians held a mass funeral for 112 bodies, including 40 children, recovered from a residential block in Gaza City destroyed in a November 2023 strike.
The Indian Opinion
The label 'Islamic republic of Britain' is a deliberate provocation, designed to frame domestic criticism of Israel as a civilisational betrayal rather than a policy disagreement. But it is lazy and dangerous: it conflates a country's foreign-policy dissent with its entire constitutional identity. Britain is not an Islamic republic, and throwing that phrase around cheapens the real theocracies that do suppress dissent. The bigger test is whether Netanyahu's rejection of the US-backed ceasefire plan isolates Israel further, or forces a revised deal that addresses both disarmament and withdrawal.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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