130 British Parliamentarians sign letter calling to halt arms export to “Israel”

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Published: 2024-03-27 12:12

Last Updated: 2024-04-27 13:45


The British Parliament
The British Parliament

130 British Parliamentarians signed a letter sent to the UK’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, calling to halt all arms export to “Israel” - citing a “serious risk” that the Israeli Occupation is breaching international humanitarian law, which would in turn would trigger a suspension of the UK’s arms sales - per The Guardian.

The letter calls the UK arms exports to “Israel” as “totally unacceptable” - and brought attention to a recent UN investigation that found an F-16 fighter jet made with UK parts was probably responsible for the bombing of British doctors in Gaza Strip.

It also urges the UK to suspend arms export to “Israel” as it has previously done in the last two aggression against the Strip. “Today, the scale of violence committed by the Israeli military is vastly more deadly, but the UK government has failed to act.”

The letter was coordinated by the Labour Party MP Zarah Sultana, and signed by 107 MPs and 27 peers (members of the House of Lords) including the former Labour Middle East minister Peter Hain, the Scottish National party’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, the former shadow minister Jess Phillips, the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Conservative peer Nosheena Mobarik.

Sultana said: “With the Israeli government now seemingly disregarding the UN security council’s ceasefire resolution, it is again violating international law and making the case for an end to arms sales impossible to ignore.

“The UK government must finally uphold the rights of the Palestinian people, heed this call from 130 cross-party parliamentarians, and immediately end arms sales to Israel.”

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