Netanyahu hits out at UK’s Starmer in interview with British newspaper

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hits out at his British counterpart Keir Starmer, telling the Daily Mail newspaper that his “misguided” government was “sending a horrible message” to Hamas with the recent decision to suspend dozens of arm export licenses to Israel.

“After the October 7 Hamas massacre, the previous British government was clear in its support,” says Netanyahu, referring to then-premier Rishi Sunak’s Tory government. “Unfortunately, the current government is sending mixed messages.”

Netanyahu adds: “They say that Israel has the right to defend itself, but they undermine our ability to exercise that right both by reversing Britain’s position on the absurd allegations made by the ICC prosecutor against Israel and by blocking weapons sales to Israel as we fight against the genocidal terrorist organization that carried out the October 7 massacre.”