from Press TV
More than 100 British MPs have urged the UK government to immediately ban arms sale to Israel, as the occupying regime continues its brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The appeal was made in a letter signed by 130 parliamentarians on Wednesday, calling on UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron to act as other countries like Canada who have halted arms exports to Israel.
The letter argued that “business as usual” for UK arms exports to Israel is “totally unacceptable,” noting that an F-16 fighter jet made with UK parts was probably responsible for bombing British doctors in Gaza two months ago.
The letter further noted that the UK government has suspended arms sales to Israel during the two previous wars on Gaza.
“The scale of violence committed by the Israeli military is vastly more deadly, but the UK government has failed to act,” it said...
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