Yair Netanyahu slammed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for condemning Israel's Tuesday attack on Hamas officials in Doha, Qatar, in a social media post.
"Keir Starmer, the communist who turned his country into the United Islamic Kingdom while oppressing the freedom of speech of his own patriotic English people," Netanyahu wrote on X/Twitter, "In true 1984 George Orwell style, is now cheerleading for his Qatari overlords.
"What a huge surprise."
The prime minister's son has been critical of Qatar in the past. In early August, he took to social media blasting Qatar as the "modern-day Nazi Germany."
“Qatar is the main force behind the unprecedented wave of antisemitism around the world, not seen since the 1930s and 1940s,” Netanyahu wrote.
He added, “Qatar is the modern-day Nazi Germany.”
“Every Jew around the world is in grave danger because of the decades-long vilification of Jews and the Jewish state by Qatar, fueled by the billions of dollars they pour into it.”
Netanyahu further targeted the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and his mother, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Missned, calling them “the modern-day Hitler and Goebbels.”
Israel's attack on Qatar and the UK's response
Israel on Tuesday carried out a targeted airstrike on Hamas officials in the Qatari capital in a bid to assassinate the key members of the terrorist organization's leadership.
The UK was one of the many countries to come out against Israel's actions. Starmer warned that Israel’s strike may trigger escalation and urged that the sole preventive measure against further violence "must be an immediate ceasefire, release of the hostages, and a huge surge in aid into Gaza."
His remarks come as Starmer is set to hold talks on Wednesday with President Isaac Herzog, where the prime minister plans to discuss the ongoing Gaza war.
However, this meeting has also drawn criticism within the UK, with parliamentarians from Starmer's own Labour Party, alongside those of the Greens and Scottish National Party, calling on the government to deny entry to Herzog to avoid any potential complicity in genocide, The Guardian reported.
The British government recently concluded that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza.
Starmer held talks on Monday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, with the two also discussing the ongoing war in Gaza and the need for a ceasefire, as well as the UK pledging to recognize Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly.