Netanyahu’s office: UK arms suspension will ‘only embolden Hamas’
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office has slammed the UK government’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel, saying such a move will only “embolden Hamas.”
“Instead of standing with Israel, a fellow democracy defending itself against barbarism, Britain’s misguided decision will only embolden Hamas,” the office said in a thread on X.
“Israel is pursuing a just war with just means. Just as Britain’s heroic stand against the Nazis is seen today as having been vital in defending our common civilization, so too will history judge Israel’s stand against Hamas and Iran’s axis of terror.”
“This shameful decision will not change Israel’s determination to defeat Hamas.”
On Monday, the British government announced it is suspending some arms export licenses to Israel because of a “clear risk” they may be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
The Foreign Office said a two-month internal review had raised concerns about the way Israel had conducted itself in the war in Gaza and that the decision specifically related to concerns around the treatment of Palestinian detainees and the supply of aid to Gaza.
The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, said it applied to 30 of the 350 existing arms licenses, but would almost entirely exclude all UK components for the F-35 fighter jet programme.
