Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Monday there is a ‘clear risk’ some items could be used to ‘commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law’
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives to attend a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, on Aug. 6.The British government says it is suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because there is a risk they could be used to break international law.
He told lawmakers the decision related to about 30 of 350 export licenses to Israel, and was not an arms embargo.Britain is among a number of Israel’s longstanding allies whose governments are under growing pressure to halt weapons exports because of the toll of the 11-month-old war in Gaza.
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