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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Labour’s Anas Sarwar joins calls for ban on UK arms sales to Israel

Anas Sarwar
Anas Sarwar said Israel had ‘clearly’ breached international law in Gaza. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has become the latest senior party figure to urge an immediate ban on UK arms sales to Israel, as ministers face pressure to disclose the government’s official legal advice on the trade.

Sarwar told BBC Scotland that Israel had “clearly” breached international law in Gaza and that UK arms sales should be halted immediately. On Thursday Sadiq Khan, the London mayor and the party’s other senior Muslim figure, made the same call.

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