Netanyahu thanks May for Hezbollah ban

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks British Prime Minister Theresa May for her government’s decision to outlaw the political wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, under anti-terrorism laws.

A statement from Netanyahu’s office says the prime minister told May in a phone call that he expected other countries to follow suit in banning all parts of the Iran-backed Shiite group.

Netanyahu during the call also thanked May for the UK’s “firm position against anti-Semitism,” according to the statement.

Last week, May’s government banned Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, accusing it of further destabilizing the Middle East.