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The new Tory leader also said Boris Johnson was a "great" prime minister even though she resigned from his government.
The BBC presenter said the leadership favourite has "so far declined" to take questions from her viewers.
The BBC presenter had suggested Wes Streeting was "hiding behind the Budget".
Tzipi Hotovely says her government will do whatever is necessary to neutralise the threat facing the country.
The presenter said: "There’s no point pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing."
"I know what you're trying to do - you want me to say Muslims," the Tory leadership hopeful said.
The deputy prime minister has also become embroiled in the controversy.
"I'm not going to stray into American democracy," the foreign secretary said.
The PM made it clear the violent riots would not make him change government policy "one bit".
"It makes me pretty angry that they've left the country in this sort of state," Rachel Reeves said.