Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sarcastically referred to the UK as the "United Islamic Republic of Great Britain" in a podcast aired on Thursday, a remark made amid increasingly strained relations between Israel and a potential Labour government in the UK. Netanyahu expressed dissatisfaction with how the British media reports on Israel and linked his comments to Iran, stating, "We're making sure there isn't another one here [Iran]." A Jewish group from the UK and Ireland criticized Netanyahu's remarks as "dangerous and irresponsible," stating that his words do not represent British Jews.