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Labour ceasefire calls meaningless while it continues arming Israel, campaigners charge
A Palestinian man holds the body of his child killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, July 9, 2024
THE new Labour government’s calls for a ceasefire are meaningless while it continues to arm Israel, campaigners said today.
Organisations including Al-Haq, Global Legal Action Network and Campaign Against Arms Trade have written to demand the government end its complicity in Israel’s genocidal attacks by stopping arms exports to the country.
It warned calls for a ceasefire are “evidently not enough” when Britain is helping arm the conflict — and repeated warnings that it is violating international law.
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