The F-35s exemption etc Sam Perlo-Freeman, Research Coordinator for Campaign Against Arms Trade said: “The government’s statement today that it is suspending 30 arms export licences to Israel is a belated, but welcome move, finally acting upon the overwhelming evidence of

Curious about the intricacies of the F-35 programme. Why can't the UK government just take Israel off its list of approved recipients? It doesn't have to stop sending parts to other countries. /1

Deeply disheartened to learn of the sanctions placed by the U.K. Government on export licenses to Israel’s defense establishment. This comes at a time when we fight a war on 7 different fronts - a war that was launched by a savage terrorist organization, unprovoked. At a time

Labour Friends of Israel “Since 7 October, Israel has come under repeated, unprovoked and indiscriminate attack by Iran and its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. "We do not believe that restrictions on UK arms sales will help bring the tragic conflict in Gaza to a close

Announcing an arms embargo on the day when Israel is burying its murdered hostages, and within weeks of British military personnel and arms defending Israel from Iranian attack, is not easy to swallow. Having now looked at Labour’s memorandum, it has all the appearance of

Israeli journalist say Netanyahu is pushing the importance of the Philadelphi Corridor to the public, yet he couldn't even convince his own Minister of Defense, Mossad chief, or Chief of Staff. Indeed, if they aren’t buying it, why should anyone else?

Following my urgent request, the UN Security Council will finally convene on Wednesday for the first time since the October 7 massacre to hold an official discussion on the hostages. It is a disgrace that it has taken the Council 11 months and the brutal execution of six

If Johnson really thinks Labour wants Hamas to win, the honest thing to do is to say so.

Worth remembering UK needs allies in Middle East additional to Israel.

Interesting piece of crowd sourcing.

⚡️🇰🇼 Kuwait also joins Qatar and Saudi Arabia in condemning the Israeli government declarations and express its solidarity with Egypt. Where will all those words lead 🤔

🇺🇦 #Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has submitted his resignation , says Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk. Earlier in #Ukraine, five members of the government submitted their resignations to the Verkhovna Rada.

David Cameron sat on advice that there was breach of law in Gaza, foreign office official tells Guardian theguardian.com/politics/artic…

US State Dept spokesman on UK decision to suspend some arms export licences. "This was a legal decision. They had a legal framework that they needed to apply, they applied that legal framework, and it led them to this decision. And it’s of course appropriate for them to make

💥🇩🇪🇮🇱The German government is highly frustrated with Prime Minister Netanyahu's policy regarding the negotiations on the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal and the fact that he does not prioritize the issue enough, a senior German government official told me 🚨Why it matters:

David Lammy on LBC on whether Netanyahu should take the ceasefire deal on offer ( an adapted one is being prepared): “I recognise and you can see this in within Israel, there's a lot of strife now, I've spent a lot of time with hostage families and they're urging him to take the

Dear Annalena, thank you for your kind words and every decision made in support of Ukraine. We spent a lot of time together, tackling the most difficult cases. Some decisions required significant effort, but you always had the courage to act, which I greatly appreciate. This is

Walz, in an interview with WCMU News today, was asked how a Harris-Walz administration would handle the Israel-Hamas war and if it would break with the Biden administration in any way. Here's his full answer:

It’s putting numbers on hunches. Silver's model consists of his guesses about which factors will decide the election. It’s the quantification of the intuitive. Take some polls. Some historical trends. Some educated guesses at who will vote. And some other factors—economic

Jonathan Powell, onetime chief of staff to Tony Blair, has been appointed the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for negotiations between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the future of the Chagos Islands (BIOT). Powell was with others instrumental in the