EDM: UK arms sales to Israel

UK arms sales to Israel

Tabled by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) 51 signatures

The motion

That this House notes with deep concern breaches of international humanitarian law by the Israeli Government in Palestine; expresses its grave concern that UK arms supplied to Israel may have been used to commit war crimes, particularly in Gaza; resolves to improve parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s control of arms exports; urges the UK Government to introduce a presumption of denial for arms exports to governments listed as human rights priorities in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) annual human rights report; therefore calls on the UK Government to suspend all arms exports to Israel; recognises that the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are listed within the Occupied Palestinian Territories section of the 2022 FCDO human rights report; further calls on the UK Government to use all political and diplomatic powers to halt arms supplied to Hamas from Iran and other actors that are hostile to Israel; and believes that only a two-state solution and a lasting peace can deliver the security and dignity that Israelis and Palestinians need and deserve.

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