"He has enough problems of his own": Outrage in Britain over Yair Netanyahu's remarks

The Prime Minister's son, Yair Netanyahu, is once again sparking angry discourse on social media, this time due to a comment about a territory located nearly 13,000 kilometers from Israel's shores.

Yair Netanyahu published a post on his X page in which he sided with the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, claiming that the Falkland Islands, a sparsely populated group of islands near the southern coast of South America, belong to Argentina.

The post led to a long and heated debate with several figures, specifically from the British right, which strongly supports Israel. Commentator and presenter Alex Armstrong responded:

"Short memory from some Israeli commentators and not very helpful remarks. Argentina has historically been an enemy of your country and even compared the Falkland Islands to Gaza... The actions of the Labour government do not represent the views of every Briton. Governments change, and in Britain they change regularly. Britain has come to Israel's aid, even militarily, for generations and has enjoyed strong support from the right in British politics. This is not true for Argentina. Comments like this will only serve to change the long-held positions of those people."

Netanyahu engaged in a lengthy discussion with Armstrong, during which he insisted that he supports Argentine ownership of the islands due to the "antisemitic policy of the Labour government in London." Netanyahu also managed to anger other prominent figures on the British right, such as Member of Parliament for the right-wing party "Reform UK," Rupert Lowe.

Lowe wrote in a post:

"Netanyahu, you have enough problems to focus on in Israel. The Falkland Islands are British, and they will remain so. A Reform UK government would go to war if necessary to ensure that."

The issue of ownership of the Falkland Islands recently made headlines after it was reported that the Trump administration is considering withdrawing its support for British sovereignty over the islands due to London's lack of cooperation with his plan to increase defense spending by NATO member states. Britain has controlled the islands, which have a small population of about 4,000 British citizens, since the 19th century. Argentina, which never actually ruled the islands, carried out a military invasion in 1983 and managed to capture them for a short period from Britain. After a prolonged and bloody British military operation, the Argentines were forced to surrender and the islands returned to British sovereignty.