🇬🇧🇮🇱🇵🇸 Britain announced sanctions this week on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with PM Andy Burnham claiming London was showing "leadership."
But the sanctions don't touch British components for the F-35 fighter jets the US sells to Israel—parts crucial for the warplanes that have razed Gaza. Nor do they cover British drones & surveillance equipment supplied to Israel.
Total Brit-Israeli trade runs at $8 billion a year, & Occupied Territories account for just 1 percent of it.
But the sanctions don't touch British components for the F-35 fighter jets the US sells to Israel—parts crucial for the warplanes that have razed Gaza. Nor do they cover British drones & surveillance equipment supplied to Israel.
Total Brit-Israeli trade runs at $8 billion a year, & Occupied Territories account for just 1 percent of it.