Declassified UK

Posted: 17th June 2024

Dear Peter,

Kemi Badenoch has not stopped any arms deals with Israel since October 7, instead allowing British companies to export components for military aircraft.

Data shows Rishi Sunak’s government approved 42 military export licences to Israel between 7 October and 31 May, while no licences for military goods were refused or cancelled.

A further 66 licences were for items classed as “non-military”. These include “telecommunications equipment, chemical manufacturing equipment, and imaging cameras” which could be used by Israel’s military.

The UK government’s decision to greenlight more than 100 such export deals with Israel over the last eight months could open up British ministers to international arrest applications over complicity in war crimes.

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