Categories: World

The killing of aid workers adds to pressure on the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel

close Video

Fox News Flash top headlines for April 3

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition parties demanded Wednesday that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K. should ban weapons sales to Israel if the law has been broken.

Britain is a staunch ally of Israel, but relations have been tested by the mounting death toll of the almost six-month war. Calls for an end to arms exports have escalated since an Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, three of them British.

LONDON IS THE ‘WORLD’S MOST ANTISEMITIC CITY,’ SAYS ISRAELI MINISTER

David Lammy, foreign affairs spokesman for the main opposition Labour Party, said “there are very serious accusations that Israel has breached international law.”

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the media at Downing Street in London, on March 1, 2024. Britain’s main opposition parties are demanding that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K. should ban weapons sales to Israel if the law has been broken.  (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

He urged the government to “publish the legal advice now.”

“If it says there is a clear risk that U.K. arms might be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law, it’s time to suspend the sale of those arms,” Lammy told British broadcasters

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, one of the country’s most senior Labour officials, said “I don’t understand any justification for not publishing the legal advice that they’ve got.”

“It’s important they publish that legal advice so that we can have confidence that the British government is following international law as well,” Khan told reporters in London.

Two smaller opposition parties, the centrist Liberal Democrats and secessionist Scottish National Party, called on the government to halt arms sales to Israel.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not commit to publishing the legal advice, but said the U.K. followed a strict “set of rules, regulations and procedures” over licensing arms exports.

“I have been consistently clear with Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu since the start of this conflict that while of course we defend Israel’s right to defend itself and its people against attacks from Hamas, they have to do that in accordance with international humanitarian law, protect civilian lives — and sadly too many civilians have already lost their lives,” Sunak told The Sun newspaper’s politics podcast.

Share

Recent Posts

Speaker Johnson moves on Senate’s Trump budget bill as House GOP rebels threaten to defect

House Republican leaders are rallying GOP lawmakers around a plan to enact a broad swath…

11 minutes ago

UN official reappointed despite accusations of antisemitism

close Video Hillel Neuer on the UN reappointing an official accused of antisemitism UN Watch…

2 hours ago

Mississippi mortician allegedly stashed bodies inside storage unit after losing license, business: Officials

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 3 Fox News Flash top headlines…

2 hours ago

Dems slam Elon Musk, Melania Trump with xenophobic attacks: ‘Go back to South Africa!’

Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Democrats have made xenophobic comments about…

5 hours ago

Democrats propose bill to prevent Trump from relocating federal agencies outside DC

A cohort of Democratic representatives and senators are proposing legislation aimed at stalling President Donald…

5 hours ago

South Korea presidential ouster part of Chinese strategy to ‘expand its regional influence,’ expert says

close Video South Korean president declared then lifted martial law amid unrest Fox News' Stephanie…

6 hours ago