Independent MP Richard Burgon called on his country’s government to impose a complete ban on arms sales to Israeli occupation State and strong sanctions against it.
Burgon pointed out that the British government’s call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip “was not enough.”
He added that the British government must do more to stop the Israeli attacks targeting Gaza.
He continued, “I think that calls by politicians and governments for a ceasefire have become a kind of ritual, because it is clear that Netanyahu will not listen to these calls. What is required is for governments to act, and this means stopping all arms sales to Israel, as well as imposing sanctions on it.”
He pointed out that “it is possible to push the occupation to a point where it stops war crimes and puts an end to the mass killing of the Palestinian people, by stopping arms exports to it.”
On September 2, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced that his country would suspend the sale of some weapons to Israel, indicating that about 30 out of 350 licenses in this regard would be suspended.
While Defense Minister John Healey stated that his country’s decision to suspend 30 of 350 arms export licenses to Israel does not change London’s support for “Tel Aviv’s right to defend itself,” as he put it. International human rights organizations and non-governmental institutions criticized Britain’s decision to impose a partial arms embargo on Israel, describing it as “insufficient” and “taken too late,” calling for a complete halt to arms supplies.
