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Labour MP Grahame Morris led demands yesterday for Britain to stop selling arms to Israel in the wake of its “criminal” assault on Gaza.
Mr Morris told Tory Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond that he can’t preach peace while allowing British firms to arm Israeli troops.
He said: “If we want to see an end to the horrific violence we need to close the gap between rhetoric and action.”
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