Sunak tells Israel: ‘We want you to win’

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

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Today Rishi Sunak joined Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint press conference in which he pledged support to Israel. Netanyahu thanked him for his, ‘strong statement of support’ and grounded Israel’s fight in the context of Britain’s own history. ‘You fought the Nazis 80 years ago,’ he said, ‘Hamas are the new Nazis'.

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0:29.2	podcast. I'm Oscar Edmondson and I'm joined today by Katie Bulls and James Heal.
0:34.9	Now Rishi Sunak is in Israel showing his support for Prime Minister Netanyahu and they staged a
0:42.3	joint press conference. Here's what Rishi Sunak had to say. In the last two weeks this country
0:47.2	has gone through something that no country, no people, should have to endure. Least of all Israel
0:53.3	which has lived through some of the most awful scenes, the spectator of violence and terrorism
0:58.5	every day of its existence and I want to share the deep condolences of the British people
1:04.4	and stress that we absolutely support Israel's right to defend itself in line with international
1:10.8	law, to go after her mass, to take back hostages, deter further incursions and to strengthen your
1:17.4	security for the long term. And James Rishi Sunak they're throwing his full support behind Israel.
1:25.0	What should we read into that? Sure, so Rishi Sunak flew out from London last night,
1:30.1	arrived and had meetings today with the Israeli Prime Minister and the Israeli President
1:34.0	and I suppose the highlight of what has happened today was this press statement he did with
1:37.9	Benjamin Netanyahu in which they both spoke of their mutual solidarity over this issue.
1:43.0	Sunak told Israeli press, you know, Netanyahu bluntly we want you to win, saying we stand with you
1:49.6	Netanyahu in his comments grounded it in a very British sense. He said, you know, you fought the
1:54.2	Nazis 80 years ago, Hamasser the new Nazis. Netanyahu's rhetoric was a bit more apocalyptic,
2:00.9	quite binary, you know, in fact, between good and evil. He's talking about the forces of progress
2:04.9	and humanity on one side and on the other and access of evil led by Iran through Hezbollah,
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