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The body of a victim of an Israeli army strike on a house in the Bureij refugee camp is carried for the funeral at the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah, January 1, 2025
HALT arms sales to Israel immediately, the Scottish National Party demanded today.
The party’s Middle East spokesman Brendan O’Hara, one of the foremost parliamentary champions of the Palestinian cause, said that securing peace “will require more than diplomatic statements — it will require firm diplomatic action, including an immediate end to arms sales to Israel.”
Mr O’Hara added that “the ceasefire achieved in Lebanon is welcome, but it must not diminish or dilute the strength of our efforts in stopping the collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS explains how Britain’s largest union is putting pressure on the British government to recognise the Palestinian state and end its complicity with Israel’s murderous actions
MPs and activists demand British government end its complicity in Israel’s assault on Gaza
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
