Foreign Office official resigns in protest over Israel arms sales

MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.world – 163 points – British Foreign Office diplomat Mark Smith resigns over Israel arms sales
bbc.com

“Senior members of the Israeli government and military have expressed open genocidal intent, Israeli soldiers take videos deliberately burning, destroying and looting civilian property,” he wrote. “Whole streets and universities have been demolished, humanitarian aid is being blocked and civilians are regularly left with no safe quarter to flee to. Red Crescent ambulances have been attacked, schools and hospitals are regularly targeted. These are War Crimes.” He said there was “no justification for the UK's continued arms sales to Israel”.

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The spokesperson added: “There is an ongoing review process to assess whether Israel is complying with International Humanitarian Law, which the Foreign Secretary initiated on day one in office. We will provide an update as soon as that review process has been completed.” 🤞

You already won the election. You don't need to try so hard to be "not Jeremy Corbyn" any more.