‘First Islamic republic with nuclear weapons’: Netanyahu lashes out at UK

Netanyahu’s comments came as he also pushed back against a US-backed plan aimed at ending the Gaza warIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a sharp rebuke against the UK, calling it the “Islamic republic of Britain” and describing it as a potential “first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons” in a podcast interview.Netanyahu made the comments during a podcast interview for Israel’s 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.“Go find that in today’s Britain, in what is called t