Britain’s ban on arms sales to Israel mixes politics and legalism

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2024-09-05  731  中等

The second unpersuasive (and somewhat contradictory) line of attack, made by Robert Jenrick, a Tory leadership hopeful, is that it is just “gesture politics”. True, the Labour government is under pressure from its MPs and party members to toughen Britain’s stance towards Israel—even if some allies, including America and Germany, would rather it didn’t. But British ministers also have to weigh a thicket of domestic and international laws relating to arms exports.

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