{"id":12456,"date":"2026-08-14T20:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:25","slug":"first-islamic-republic-with-nuclear-weapons-netanyahus-sharp-rebuke-of-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12456","title":{"rendered":"\u2018First Islamic republic with nuclear weapons\u2019: Netanyahu\u2019s sharp rebuke of UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133251350,imgsize-62126,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-seeks-another-term.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018First Islamic republic with nuclear weapons\u2019: Netanyahu\u2019s sharp rebuke of UK\" title=\"Netanyahu\u2019s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza war\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Netanyahu\u2019s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza war\">Netanyahu\u2019s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza war<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a sharp rebuke against the UK, calling it the \u201cIslamic republic of Britain\u201d and describing it as a potential \u201cfirst Islamic republic with nuclear weapons\u201d in a podcast interview.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Netanyahu made the comments during a podcast interview for Israel\u2019s Army Radio, while discussing what he sees as a shift in British attitudes towards Israel. He praised the positive coverage Israel received from journalist Randolph Churchill, the son of former British prime minister Winston Churchill, more than half a century ago, before contrasting it with what he described as the situation in Britain today.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cGo find that in today\u2019s Britain, in what is called the Islamic republic of Britain,\u201d Netanyahu said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>When the host questioned whether Netanyahu was unfairly singling out the UK and asked, \u201cIsn\u2019t all of Europe is like that?\u201d, the Israeli prime minister doubled down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cYes, but you know someone said the first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons will be the Islamic republic of Britain.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>His comments come amid increasingly strained relations between Britain and Israel, particularly over the war in Gaza. Shortly before becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham apologised for Labour\u2019s initial response to Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza, saying the party \u201cdidn\u2019t get it right\u201d and needed to \u201cdo better\u201d under his leadership.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Netanyahu\u2019s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza war, signalling continued disagreement with Washington over the terms of any deal involving Hamas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>He said Israel would not withdraw from its current positions in Gaza until Hamas was completely disarmed. The proposed agreement called for Hamas to begin disarming while Israel halted its strikes and withdrew from roughly 60% of the territory it currently controls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cThe Trump administration \u201csent us a draft. We did not agree. It is not our draft. We sent our comments. \u2026 This is our position,\u201d Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He also said Israeli forces would continue to \u201cdo whatever is necessary to protect themselves, our territory, and our citizens.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The comments came as Palestinians held a mass funeral for more than 100 bodies recovered from a residential block in Gaza City\u2019s Sabra neighbourhood that was destroyed in an Israeli strike in November 2023.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The recovery of the remains has been possible during the fragile ceasefire, with rescue workers retrieving the bodies of 112 people, including 40 children, from the rubble. Gaza\u2019s Civil Defense said 157 bodies from the site remain missing.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/first-islamic-republic-with-nuclear-weapons-netanyahus-sharp-rebuke-of-uk\/articleshow\/133251347.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu\u2019s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a sharp rebuke against the UK, calling it the \u201cIslamic republic of Britain\u201d and describing it as a potential \u201cfirst Islamic republic with nuclear weapons\u201d in a podcast interview.Netanyahu made 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