Open Letter to Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron

Dear Trade Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Together we are urging you to immediately halt arms licences and exports to the Government of Israel. This is just one crucial step towards helping to secure a permanent and immediate ceasefire for all Palestinians and Israelis. Nowhere in Gaza is safe. The military offensive in Gaza has killed tens of thousands…

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UK should stop sending arms to Israel

By Peter Ricketts in The New Statesman, 9 April 2024. On 28 August 1995 five shells landed in the marketplace in Sarajevo killing 43 civilians. The Bosnian civil war had dragged on for more than three years, but this incident finally galvanised Western countries into taking decisive action. Two days later, Nato launched air strikes…

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