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Dear MP
Re: Arms trade with Israel
As my representative in the UK Parliament I urge you to demand the UK stops arms licences and exports to the Government of Israel. This is just one crucial step towards an immediate and permanent ceasefire for all Palestinians and Israelis.
According to our laws, the UK Government must stop issuing licences for arms sales if there is a clear risk they might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law.
From October 2023 to May 2024, the Government issued over 100 new licences allowing UK companies to sell arms to Israel. During this same time, Israel has been killing civilians in Gaza indiscriminately. It has been deliberately depriving them of the essentials they need to survive.
The International Court of Justice has ruled there is a ‘plausible risk of a genocide’ in Gaza, and war crimes and crimes against humanity are also being committed, with arrest warrants issued for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu and his Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. There is no doubt the risk of genocide is horrifyingly real.
Until it stops selling arms to Israel, the UK is complicit in the killing of civilians in Gaza.
A petition set up by Oxfam shows the level of support in the UK for arms sales to Israel to stop.
Please be a voice for peace and stop the sale of arms to those committing war crime.
Signed
northhampshirepsc.com 