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| Britain Says It Is Reviewing Arms Exports To Israel Again | |
| 2014-11-25 | |
[Ynet] London seeking to ensure arms are not used in Gazoo in a way that would not breach international law.
The government has already conducted one such review, in August, in response to the Jewish state's conflict with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, in Gazoo after which it said it would suspend 12 licenses to export military items to Israel if hostilities resumed. It said on Monday it was conducting another review a day after Israeli forces rubbed out a Paleostinian in the Gazoo Strip near the border with Israel, the first such fatality since a 50-day war ended in August. "To ensure that new information is taken into account, and in light of the fact that a ceasefire has been in place for more than two months, ministers decided earlier this month to carry out a further review," a government spokeswoman said in a statement. The earlier August review had found that the "vast majority" of exports licensed for Israel were not for items that could be used by Israeli forces in Gazoo, she added. A report by a British parliamentary committee in July found outstanding government-approved contracts for export of dual use or military goods to Israel worth more than 7.8 billion pounds (12.3 billion US dollar). These included contracts to supply body armor, drone components, and missile parts. The lobby group the Campaign Against Arms Trade published an analysis of government data on Monday which showed Britannia had approved military licences to Israel worth 7 million pounds in the six months leading up to the war in Gazoo. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 They should review their people imports from "Asia". |
| Posted by: charger 2014-11-25 12:07 |