Late Queen Elizabeth targeted in controversial statement by ex-president of Israel

Former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has made a controversial statement about UK's late Queen Elizabeth during an event in London.

According to Times of Israel, Rivlin said ties between Israel and the late Queen Elizabeth II were “difficult” because of her views on Israel.

“The relationship between us and Queen Elizabeth was a little bit difficult because she believed that every one of us was either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist,” the newspaper quoted the former president as saying, citing a report in British Jewish News. 

He said, “She refused to accept any Israeli official into [Buckingham] Palace, apart from international occasions."

Drawing a comparison between King Charles III and his mother, Rivlin said the current monarch was always “so friendly.”