Left MPs demand all military sales to Israel must be banned
Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement today that it will only block 30 of its 350 arms export licences did not go far enough, the MPs says
LEFT MPs say that all military sales to Israel must be banned, following the government blocking 30 of its 350 arms export licences.
The MPs said that Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement today did not go far enough.
Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana, a leading campaigner on the issue, said: “Yesterday it was confirmed an Israeli F-35 fighter jet – made in part in Britain – was instrumental in a recent attack on a ‘safe zone’ in Gaza, killing 90 people.
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