’Israel’ Fighting ‘Proxy War on Behalf of UK’ in Gaza: British Opposition Leader

By Staff, Agencies

British opposition leader Kemi Badenoch says "Israel" is fighting a “proxy war on behalf of the United Kingdom” in Gaza, while defending the entity's actions in the besieged territory as "not genocide."  

Badenoch made the controversial remarks in an interview with Sky News on Sunday.

When asked whether she agrees with the language of Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Conservative Party responded, “I’m not here to police the language of the prime minister of 'Israel'…. 'Israel' is fighting a proxy war on behalf of the UK, just like Ukraine is on behalf of Western Europe against Russia. We have to get serious!”

She also refused to condemn "Israel's" actions in Gaza and defended them as not genocide. 

He remarks came after a joint statement this week by France, Britain and Canada, which called on "Israel" to halt the “intolerable” human suffering in Gaza.

The trio warned that if "Israel" does not cease the renewed military offensive and fails to lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, “further concrete actions” would be implemented in response.

Following the statement, the UK government suspended free trade negotiations with the "Israeli" entity on Tuesday.

Sky News’ Trevor Phillips then challenged the British politician again, suggesting, “This morning it doesn’t sound like you’re criticizing anything that the 'Israelis' do.”

“That’s not true,” she claimed. “I have criticized things before, but right now there are 58 hostages who have not been returned home.”

Badenoch’s remarks come amid a recent report that Britain keeps exporting arms and equipment, including F-35 fighter jet parts, to the occupying entity despite a government suspension in September 2024.

The report released by three campaign groups says parts for the jet, which has been critical for "Israel's" brutal military campaign in Gaza, appear to have arrived in the "Israeli"-occupied territories as recently as March.

An investigation using "Israeli" customs data says 8,630 munitions items were sent from the UK to the occupied lands since the suspensions.

The munitions fall under a category of import labeled “bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar munitions of war and parts thereof.”

Most of the shipments cited in the report happened after the government's arms suspension.