00:00This is a brief census of the Group of Common Sense.
00:02Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly mocked the UK by referring to it as the Islamic Republic of Britain.
00:07This remark is even more controversial, as it was made during rising diplomatic tensions between Israel and the UK.
00:13Prime Minister Netanyahu appeared on the Israeli podcast Mele's Blitzerheim
00:17and referenced Randolph Churchill, son of former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
00:22Randolph Churchill worked as a journalist,
00:23and Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he reported on the 1967 Six-Day War from a very positive British perspective.
00:30Prime Minister Netanyahu went on to say that the way the British media viewed Israel in the past
00:34is very different from the current atmosphere.
00:37He then made remarks directed at the UK.
00:39Prime Minister Netanyahu said it's hard to find the same perspective in the UK now as before,
00:44calling it the Islamic Republic of Britain.
00:46Prime Minister Netanyahu went on to say that the first Islamic Republic to possess nuclear weapons would be Britain,
00:52once again mocking the UK.
00:54He also continued by saying that Israel is taking firm measures to ensure that a situation
00:58where Iran acquires nuclear weapons does not happen again.
01:00He linked the debate on Britain's Islamization to the issue of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons,
01:05a comment criticized even in Israel.
01:07Avi Devushi, Democratic Future Party leader, openly criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu on X.
01:12He said a Prime Minister should be accountable for their words and criticized the country's leader for turning Britain into
01:18a joke.
01:19He emphasized that Britain, about six times larger than Israel,
01:24is a permanent UN Security Council member with significant international influence.
01:29What's interesting is that Prime Minister Netanyahu mocked Britain as the Islamic Republic of Britain,
01:33because there are many Muslims in the UK.
01:35Interestingly, Muslims make up 6% of the British population.
01:3818% of Israel's population is Muslim, so percentage-wise, Israel has more.
01:44The notable part of this statement is that Prime Minister Netanyahu went beyond criticizing a specific policy of the British
01:50government,
01:50and described the overall change in British society as the Islamic Republic of Britain.
01:55In the UK, debates over immigration, religion, and integration persist,
01:59but calling this a change in the country system is a strong political statement.
02:03In particular, although Israel and the UK have historically maintained close relations,
02:07recently there have been growing differences over the war in Gaza and the Israeli government's military operations.
02:12In this situation, with Prime Minister Netanyahu making statements directly targeting Britain's political establishment,
02:18it is possible that this could also affect diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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