Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel warned UK about Iran terror plot before RAF airbase incident
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Israel warned the UK about an Iranian-linked terror plot targeting an RAF airbase. Meanwhile, the UK government confirmed strong indications of Iranian involvement in the incident, which involved the arrest of five men.
Why it matters
The incident underscores heightened geopolitical tensions between Western nations and Iran, as well as the importance of international intelligence sharing.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Wednesday that Israel had warned Britain about an upcoming Iranian-sponsored terror attack ahead of the recent suspected plot against a Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase, during an interview with Fox News."Pretty much the next day they slapped sanctions on us," Netanyahu recalled. "The collapse before the Islamist-Marxist alliance is very dangerous for the future of the West."Netanyahu also discussed the recent attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, praising the heroism of Yaniv Hayoun in "preventing another 9/11.""I asked him, you know, just how do you do it?" Netanyahu said. "And he said, well, I just had to do it."Hayoun, according to Netanyahu, had rushed to the cockpit after the captain had managed to open the door.
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