Shimon Peres: Britain's always had a problem with Israel

“In England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment,” the 87-year-old said.

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“They abstained in the [pro-Zionist] 1947 UN partition resolution… They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s… They had a defence treaty with Jordan, they always worked against us.”

“They think the Palestinians are the underdog… Even though this is irrational.”

He added: “There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.”

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