Pressure mounts on Labour to ban arms sales to Israel as new foreign secretary meets with ‘war criminals’
Pressure mounts on Labour to ban arms sales to Israel as new foreign secretary meets with ‘war criminals’

FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy should focus on halting arms exports to Israel instead of associating with war criminals, campaigners charged today.
The calls came as Mr Lammy visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank on his first trip to the Middle East in his new role.
Today, he shook hands with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who last December was pictured proudly signing a shell headed for Gaza.
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