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UK PM Starmer speaks to Netanyahu, stresses Israel’s right to self-defense

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks in a video statement on November 12, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO); Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, London, November 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
Britain has “grave concerns” over Iran’s nuclear program and believes Israel has the right to self-defense, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, Starmer’s spokesperson says.
“The prime minister was clear that Israel has a right to self-defense and set out the UK’s grave concerns about Iran’s nuclear program,” the spokesperson says in a statement after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Iran earlier on Friday.
“He reiterated [to Netanyahu] the need for de-escalation and a diplomatic resolution, in the interests of stability in the region.”
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