Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Britain’s Labour Government of acting like a “rogue state appeasing an Islamist-leftist alliance” under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
The Israeli Prime Minister did not mince his words as he spoke in response to the terror plot at RAF Fairford last week.
Mr Netanyahu had previously told Fox News that Israel had given Britain “intel” there was going to be “an Iranian-sponsored attack”.
But he was left incensed when the UK decided to ban trade with Israeli settlements on the West Bank last month: “The next day, they slapped sanctions on us,” he said.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband had confirmed plans for sanctions on Israel as part of a “comprehensive reset” in relations.
Speaking to the Mail, Mr Netanyahu described the threat on RAF Fairford as a “murderous attack”, adding that without Israeli intelligence, “it would probably have gone through and we don’t know how many British lives would have been lost”.
Police arrested a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of a terror offence in relation to the incident last week.
A local farmer alerted the emergency services when they spotted three suspicious vehicles accompanied by a group of masked men. However, police were already on the scene as it is understood one of the suspects called 999 themselves.
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Britain’s Labour Government is acting like a ‘rogue state appeasing an Islamist-leftist alliance’ under Prime Minister Andy Burnham
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Five men were arrested in the wake of the incident at RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives offences, and later terror offences as police continue their investigation
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Mr Netanyahu insisted Israel shared intelligence with the UK to help thwart the threat – an incident, he claims, is far from isolated.
Despite insisting the UK remains an ally, he accused the Government of “mind-blowing hypocrisy” and was keen to remind Mr Burnham: “I don’t know how many lives we have saved giving Britain information about impending attacks.”
“They’re appeasing, they’re attacking Israel, [the country] that is fighting the terrorists in the terrorist regime that is attacking them,” Mr Netanyahu, who is yet to speak with the Labour leader since he assumed office in July, fumed.
“They appease their enemies, and they attack their protectors, really.
“That’s what’s happening. But this is a twist of both logic and justice. It doesn’t serve Britain well, it doesn’t serve the world well.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Israel shared intelligence with the UK to help thwart the threat at RAF Fairford – an incident, he claims, is far from isolated
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REUTERSWhen asked how relations were between the two nations, the 76-year-old Prime Minister was unequivocal: “Well, it’s not very good, is it? I mean, when they appease our common enemies and attack us, it doesn’t say much.”
While Mr Netanyahu said Israel will “always consider Britain as an ally, even though we have, on occasion, differences with them,” he warned the British Government has “gone rogue, like a rogue state”.
And the Israeli Prime Minister had one final swipe at Labour and Mr Burnham: “I think that if Britain doesn’t regain control over its borders, you will lose Britain.”
He explained that Britain still has “time to recover”, adding that Israel has had an “extraordinary relationship with Britain over the decades,” and that he is the “first to regret that it’s gone where it’s going”.