Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to London this week was dismissed in the Israeli press as a relatively low-key affair — but the Israeli Prime Minister brought a powerful message for his British counterpart, who he was due to meet on Thursday morning.
Mr Netanyahu planned to impress on Prime Minister David Cameron that European governments are risking losing out on Israeli know-how and strategic influence in the Middle East, a senior Israeli source said.
According to the source, Mr Netanyahu would convey the message that as the EU discusses ways to stop doing business with Israeli companies that have links to settlements, China and India could soon take Europe’s place as the major investors in Israeli high-tech.
Ahead of his two-day visit to London, Mr Netanyahu told reporters that Europe also needed to work closely with Israel because the continent was under threat from violent Islamism.
