[rad-green] British Labour Party Puts Ban on Selling Arms to Israel on Election Platform

*https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/british-labour-party-puts-ban-on-selling-arms-to-israel-on-election-platform-1.8167449
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/british-labour-party-puts-ban-on-selling-arms-to-israel-on-election-platform-1.8167449>*


*Haaretz          Nov 24, 2019*

British Labour Party Puts Ban on Selling Arms to Israel on Election Platform

*Last year, Labour passed a motion strongly criticizing Israel and pledging
to halt all U.K. weapon sales to the Jewish state if it rises to power*
*JTA <https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4969037> and Cnaan
Liphshiz *

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[image: Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn appears on
the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, London, UK. January 13, 2019]
*Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn appears on the
BBC's Andrew Marr Show, London, UK. January 13, 2019.\ HANDOUT/ REUTERS*

Britain’s Labour Party reiterated in an elections policy manifesto its
intention to stop selling weapons to Israel if it comes to power.

The reference to Israel was in a document published Thursday detailing the
party’s foreign and defense policies.

“We will immediately suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in
Yemen and to Israel for arms used in violation of the human rights of
Palestinian civilians, and conduct a root-and-branch reform of our arms
exports regime so ministers can never again turn a blind eye to
British-made weapons being used to target innocent civilians,” the document
stated.

Israel insists it works to reduce to a minimum any loss of life or injury
to non-militants in its actions against Palestinian and other terrorist and
hostile entities.

Last year, Labour passed a motion strongly criticizing Israel and pledging
to halt all U.K. weapon sales to the Jewish state if it rises to power.
Earlier this year, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called to “review” weapons
sales to Israel.

Corbyn in the past has supported a blanket boycott of Israel, and has
called Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends.” Since being elected Labour’s
leader, he said he has changed his mind about boycotting all Israeli
products and now supports boycotting only settlement goods.

Under Corbyn, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic has proliferated in Labour
ranks, placing the party under scrutiny in the Parliament, the media and in
a probe by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, a government watchdog.

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