London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for an immediate halt of UK arms sales to Israel amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza sparked by the Israel-Hamas war.
“The government should be pausing all sales of arms to Israel,” Khan says in an interview with left-wing social media outlet PoliticsJOE.
He appears to be the most senior Labour lawmaker to make the call.
“[UK] Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claims to be chums, best friends, [have a] special relationship with [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu. Where is the evidence we’re using that influence to put pressure on the Israeli government?” he asks.
“I worry every hour this war goes on — forget every day — more innocent people are dying,” Khan adds. “Foreign aid workers are now being killed by the IDF, it’s got to stop.”
Khan also highlights the legal opinion the government reportedly received regarding whether or not British arms to Israel are being used to violate international law.
“The government has had weeks to publish the legal advice, they’ve not published it. If they publish the legal advice today and it shows there’s a breach of international law, we should halt all sales,” he says.
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