Benjamin Netanyahu says Britain could be called "Islamic Republic of Britain" in remarks on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked a backlash after he said Britain could become the first nuclear-armed Islamic state, a claim that social media users rebutted by pointing to Pakistan’s existing nuclear arsenal. His remark came during a discussion about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, in which he added that Israel is preventing the emergence of another such state in Iran. Netanyahu stated that Iran gaining nuclear weapons would threaten Israel and the Middle East. The comments were made amid ongoing U.S.-Iran hostilities.