U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Israel's arms sales should continue. He recommended this two days after an IDF airstrike killed some British aid workers. But why?
David Cameron Still Supports Israel Arms Sales
According to The Guardian's latest report, two days after the Israel airstrike incident, which killed three British aid workers, David Cameron said that the arms sales with Israel should still continue.
After making the controversial recommendation, the British official said that the airstrike killed the aid workers because the Israel Defense Forces members made systematic and personal failures.
Experts said that despite IDF's deadly airstrike, Lord Cameron wants the Israel arms sales to continue because of an assessment of Israel's compliance with the humanitarian law, which revealed that it didn't cover the incident killing the aid workers because of a time lag in the government's process.
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UK Confirms Continuing Arms Exports To Israel
On Apr. 9, the U.K. government confirmed that it will continue exporting military equipment to Israel, as reported by Al Jazeera. David Cameron said that they made this decision after reviewing the legal advice on the recent IDF airstrike.
During a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Cameron said that their assessment left their stance on Israel arms sales unchanged.
He added that the decision to continue exporting arms to Israel is consistence with the advice he and other British ministers received. But, he said that they will continue reviewing their position regarding the matter.
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