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Oxfam reaction to official statistics on UK arms export licenses to Israel [1]

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Date: 2024-06

“It is a comprehensive failure in the UK’s moral leadership and the values of humanity for which this country is still known on the global stage that the Government has granted more than 100 new licenses for arms sales to Israel. It is also a remarkable feat of intellectual compromise for the UK government to talk about peace in Gaza while facilitating the supply of even greater flows of weapons to one of the belligerents. This has occurred in the unequivocal knowledge that tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian children and their parents are being killed by Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.

“While Oxfam condemns all breaches of humanitarian law and continues to call for the release of all hostages alongside a permanent ceasefire, innocent Gazans face relentless bombardment, growing hunger and the destruction of hospitals, schools, and other vital humanitarian infrastructures. There is nowhere left to run. There is nowhere to seek shelter and safety. Compounding the unimaginable suffering that will inevitably result from the granting of these licenses, the UK government has also allowed hundreds of existing arms licenses to remain current without questioning a single one.

“By continuing to sell arms to Israel, the UK Government is helping to fuel this dreadful conflict and it needs to urgently change course. Immediately suspending all licenses for sales of arms and military equipment would send a powerful message that the UK is serious about pushing for the lasting ceasefire and longer-term peace which is the only way to stop the devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding before our eyes, and to ensure the safe release of hostages.”

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For more information, please contact Sarah Dransfield in the Oxfam press Office on 07884 114825 / [email protected]

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[1] Url: https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-to-official-statistics-on-uk-arms-export-licenses-to-israel/

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