Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a sharp criticism of the United Kingdom in a Fox News interview on Thursday, stating that Israel shared intelligence about an impending attack and was met with sanctions almost immediately, according to The Zioneer. The remarks follow an earlier statement in which Netanyahu called the British response 'pure madness.'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in a Fox News interview Thursday that Israel provided British intelligence with advance warning of an imminent Iran-backed attack, and that London responded by imposing sanctions on Israel almost immediately. Netanyahu called the British move 'pure madness.'
The interview, conducted by Sean Hannity, marks Netanyahu's most detailed public account of the intelligence-sharing dispute. As The Zioneer reported earlier today (published 08:28 Jerusalem), Netanyahu said the warning concerned an attempted attack on the RAF Fairford airbase, which he described as Iran-backed. In a subsequent report (published 10:19 Jerusalem), Netanyahu said the sanctions arrived roughly a day after the warning, calling the situation 'absurd' and warning that capitulation to the 'extreme Islamist-Marxist alliance' endangers the West.
The remarks come amid broader tensions between Jerusalem and London over UK sanctions on Israeli officials. The British government had not formally responded to the prime minister's latest comments by publication time.
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