London, Sep 3: The UK government has announced the suspension of some arms export licenses to Israel.
Lammy stated that assessments had indicated a clear risk that UK arms could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Israel has condemned the UK government’s move and called it “a step that sends a very problematic message” to Hamas and its backers in Iran.
In a statement, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz expressed his country’s “disappointment” with the latest suspension by the UK’s new Labor government, as well as with previous decisions Britain made regarding Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip.
He voiced hope that “the deep friendship between Britain and Israel, which has endured since Israel’s founding, will continue in the future”.
