In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel provided Britain with prior warning about an imminent Iran-backed attack. Netanyahu said London responded by imposing sanctions on Israel roughly a day later, calling the situation 'absurd' and warning that capitulation to the extreme Islamist-Marxist alliance endangers the West.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Thursday that Israel provided Britain with timely intelligence about an imminent Iran-backed attack — the foiled plot against RAF Fairford — and that London responded days later by imposing sanctions on Israel, a move he called 'absurd.'
In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Netanyahu said: 'We gave the British intelligence that an attack was about to occur — an attack under Iranian sponsorship — and almost the next day they imposed sanctions on us.' He called the situation 'insane' and warned that the 'surrender and collapse before the Islamist-Marxist alliance' endangers the West.
The Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford, a US bomber base in Gloucestershire, was foiled in a major counterterrorism operation last month, with five arrests and 85 homes evacuated. As The Zioneer reported at the time, British investigators identified a 'strong Iranian fingerprint' in the plot. The UK sanctions against Israel, announced shortly after, have drawn sharp criticism from Jerusalem, with Netanyahu framing them as part of a broader pattern of Western capitulation to the extremist alliance.
Netanyahu's remarks come amid heightened diplomatic tension between Jerusalem and London following the UK's decision to impose sanctions despite what Israeli officials describe as close intelligence cooperation on the threat.
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