Peres: Israel 'Concerns' Lost on Brits

The Israeli president has said his claims of anti-Semitism against Britain were out of regret that some Britons failed to recognize what he called Tel Aviv's concerns.

Shimon Peres had been quoted last week by the Jewish website Tablet as saying that the British people and their government were "deeply pro-Arab and anti-Israeli."

The comments apparently served as a response to UK Prime Minister David Cameron's earlier comment on the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, calling the populated enclave as a "prison camp".'

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