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UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says Cameron - BBC News

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UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says Cameron

This rhetoric is exhausting.

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Lord Cameron??? This war criminal has no shame. How can a failed prime minister be lorded up. He couldn't even finish his shift
- He was lorded simply by being prime minister. It was traditional up until Boris said fuck may. I have no clue what's going on since then
  
  He was lorded simply by being prime minister. It was traditional up until Boris said fuck may. I have no clue what's going on since then
  What? That's not even laughably true.
  When left the PM's office in 2016 he didn't automatically become a lord. He spent 7 years afterwards not being a lord but received a life peerage in 2023 when he became foreign secretary.
  Where the fuck do you get your information? LOL 😂
- Are you thinking of... Tony Blair?
  Given our recent run of prime ministers... I'm actually thankful that there is someone in the cabinet with a brain cell. At least the dude actually gave the public a referendum, even if he didn't like the outcome.
  
  He didn't give the public a referendum; he braided the right wing of his party with a referendum.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Lord Cameron said while he would not support a major ground offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah, the UK would not copy US plans to stop some arms sales.
This week US President Joe Biden upended part of one of the world's most significant strategic relationships by saying the US are "not supplying the weapons " if Israel went ahead with a planned invasion of Rafah - the southern Gazan city where about 1.4 million people have been sheltering.
Israel has said it will proceed with planned operations in Rafah despite the US and other allies warning that a ground offensive could lead to mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis.
On Friday, the US State Department released an investigation which found Israel may have used American-supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza.
The government's Strategic Export Licensing Criteria prevents weapons sales "if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law".
Last year, 10 Labour frontbenchers quit over the party's failure to call for a ceasefire in Gaza as it instead backed a "humanitarian pause" to allow aid to flood into the country.
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