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Government workers threaten strikes over Israeli arms sales licences
An Israeli tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, July 12, 2024

GOVERNMENT workers are threatening to walk out amid growing concern that arms sales to Israel breach international law.

PCS union general secretary Fran Heathcote told a Palestine fringe event at this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs festival: “Shame on those who sit on both sides of the House of Commons, including the new government who give cover to Israel as it commits war crimes.

“Shame on those who sell weapons to Israel and profiteer on the lives of Palestinians. 

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