Following the recent air strikes in Gaza which killed seven aid workers, including three Britons, some British politicians have called for an end to arms sales to Israel. However, former prime minister Boris Johnson has called such calls “shameful” and “insane.”
Mr. Johnson, a former foreign secretary, wrote in the Daily Mail: “Remember that in order to win this conflict, Hamas only has to survive. All they need at the end is to hang on, rebuild, and go again. That’s victory for Hamas.”
More than 600 lawyers, including former Supreme Court justices, have written to the government saying that weapon exports to Israel must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza. However, Israel rejects the claim of genocide as “wholly unfounded.”
The UK Foreign Office said that it keeps advice on Israel’s adherence to international law under review, though the content of this advice is confidential. While British arms sales to Israel are lower than those of other countries, including Germany and Italy, they are dwarfed by the billions supplied by the US
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