Netanyahu claimed Israel warned Britain of attack on base - and attacked: "A rogue state"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims in an interview with the Daily Mail that Israeli intelligence provided Britain with a warning about an attack allegedly planned under Iranian auspices against the Royal Air Force base at Fairford. He sharply attacked the Labour government, calling it a 'rogue state' and accusing it of hypocrisy over sanctions on settlements and a partial arms embargo, while Israel assists it in security matters.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims in an interview with the British Daily Mail that Israeli intelligence provided Britain with a warning about an attack allegedly planned under Iranian auspices against the Royal Air Force base at Fairford last week. According to him, the warning saved lives. The incident near the base is being investigated as a suspected attempted terrorist act, and the detainees were released within a day. Netanyahu sharply attacked the Labour government against the backdrop of its decisions on a ban on trade in products from settlements in Judea and Samaria and a partial arms embargo, while Israel assists it in security fields. He called Britain a 'rogue state' and accused it of 'unbelievable hypocrisy'. According to him, British policy is intended to appease a coalition of left-wing and Islamist elements. Netanyahu quoted Churchill, who called it 'the slumber of democracies', and warned that if Britain does not regain control of its borders, it will lose it. He said he has not yet spoken with the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, two months after he took office.