British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said “no” when MP Zarah Sultana asked if the UK government would “do what is morally and legally right and end the government’s complicity in war crimes by banning all arms sales to Israel,” including F-35 fighter jets.
Starmer said that “Banning all sales would mean none for defensive purposes.”
Israel has used the F-35, described by its American manufacturer Lockheed Martin as “the most lethal” fighter jet in the world, extensively in its year-long offensive in Gaza, in which over 41,000 people have been killed, following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.
Starmer said that “Banning all sales would mean none for defensive purposes.”
Israel has used the F-35, described by its American manufacturer Lockheed Martin as “the most lethal” fighter jet in the world, extensively in its year-long offensive in Gaza, in which over 41,000 people have been killed, following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.
🎥 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said “no” when MP Zarah Sultana asked if the UK government would “do what is morally and legally right and end the government’s complicity in war crimes by banning all arms sales to Israel,” including F-35 fighter jets.
Starmer said that “Banning all sales would mean none for defensive purposes.”
Israel has used the F-35, described by its American manufacturer Lockheed Martin as “the most lethal” fighter jet in the world, extensively in its year-long offensive in Gaza, in which over 41,000 people have been killed, following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.