Israel news: U.K. won’t block arms sales [Video]

Britain will not halt arms sales to Israel by British companies having reviewed thelatest legal advice on the matter, Foreign Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday.

Six months into the Israeli air and ground campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government has come under heavy pressure to revoke licenses that allow arms exports to Israel.

“The latest assessment leaves our position on export licenses unchanged. This is consistent with the advice that I and other ministers have received,” Cameron said at press conference with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington.

“And as ever, we will keep the position under review.” 

Britain supplied 42 million pounds ($72 million) of arms to Israel in 2022. 

Last week three former senior UK judges joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the government to halt arms …