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Jamie Gaskarth, Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations, The Open University

The UK’s suspension of some arms exports to Israel was highly political – here’s how to understand it

Israel David Lammy David Owen United Kingdom United States Robin Cook Gaza Human Rights Tony Blair Foreign Policy

Foreign secretary David Lammy on a visit to Tel Aviv just a few weeks before the decision to end some arms trading to Israel was made. Flickr/Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, CC BY

The UK government has announced it is suspending 30 arms export licences to Israel for military equipment used in operations in Gaza.

The rationale for this decision was “the clear risk that items exported to Israel under these 30 licences might be used in serious violations of IHL [international humanitarian law]”.

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