Resignation comes amid concerns that UK may be complicit in war crimes
A man walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a shelter housing displaced people, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in central Gaza A Foreign Office official, who worked in counter terrorism, has quit his role in protest over the continued sale of
Mr Smith said he had previously worked assessing arms export licensing to the Middle East, adding that “each day” colleagues were witnessing “clear and unquestionable examples” of war crimes and breaches of international humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza. “Whole streets and universities have been demolished, humanitarian aid is being blocked and civilians are regularly left with no safe quarter to flee to. Red Crescent ambulances have been attacked, schools and hospitals are regularly targeted. These are War Crimes.”review to assess whether Israel
His email continued: “Ministers claim that the UK has one of the most ‘robust and transparent’ arms export licensing regimes in the world, however this is the opposite of the truth.”
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