UK Says Netanyahu's Claim Britain Is Becoming 'Islamic' With Nuclear Weapons Is 'Unacceptable'

The UK has hit back at Benjamin Netanyahu after he mocked Britain as an ‘Islamic republic’ with nuclear weapons during an interview about Israel and Iran (Credit: Prime Minister of Israel/Flickr)

The UK government has condemned Benjamin etanyahu's description of Britain as an 'Islamic republic' with nuclear weapons, calling the Israeli prime minister's remarks 'completely unacceptable.'

The comments, made during an Israeli Army Radio podcast interview, have added another point of tension to an increasingly strained relationship between London and Jerusalem. Netanyahu was discussing Britain's changing political climate while praising Randolph Churchill, the son of former prime minister Winston Churchill, for his positive coverage of Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967.