| Shadow Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell described the Labour Government’s stalling of military equipment to Israel as “bizarre” amid the “direct threat from Hezbollah, who murdered 12 children in a missile attack last weekend”, adding that the Jewish state was a “close ally”.
Civil servants have reportedly paused applications for new military equipment export licenses after Foreign Minister David Lammy’s review of Israel’s offensive against Hamas, a break which could reportedly extend for months until Lammy announces a decision later this summer. “For years, the Labour Left have sought to halt all arms exports to Israel, and now they have the levers of power, it seems it’s the first thing they have done”, an unnamed source told the Daily Mail. “Just recently, British arms and military personnel were deployed to protect Israel from a direct assault by Iran”, Mitchell said. The UK most recently revoked licenses to Israel under the Brown Government in 2009. |
