Britain Must Suspend Its Arms Sales to Israel
As the devastating Israeli war on Gaza continues, Labour MP Zarah Sultana is introducing a parliamentary bill that would suspend arms sales to Israel and any state that might use them in violation of international law.
Labour MP Zarah Sultana speaks during a strike rally in Trafalgar Square, central London, March 15, 2023. (Yui Mok / PA Images via Getty Images)
“The Palestinian people,” United Nations experts warned six weeks ago, “are at grave risk of genocide.” “The time for action,” they pleaded, “is now.” But since then, far from ending the slaughter, the number of Palestinians killed has almost doubled — and Britain is deeply complicit in this atrocity.
Our government provides Israel with vital diplomatic cover, most recently joining the United States as the lone voices refusing to vote for a cease-fire at the UN Security Council, a move the United States vetoed. And Britain supplies the Israeli military with hundreds of millions of pounds worth of arms, including parts for the F-35 fighter jet, planes that are currently unleashing hell on Gaza.
British-made weapons could be making that “grave risk of genocide” a reality.
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