The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom coalition government and leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Nick Clegg has called on Wednesday for arms exports to the Zionist entity to be suspended.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom coalition government and leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Nick Clegg has called on Wednesday for arms exports to the Zionist entity to be suspended.
His call came immediately after Cabinet Minister and Conservative Party member Baroness Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her post after expressing her criticisms of the UK government's policy on Gaza.
"I think the question marks that Sayeeda Warsi has raised about the arms export licenses which we issue to arms exporters selling to Israel are very serious ones and I share her concerns," Clegg said in a statement published on the Liberal Democrat's official website.
Saying that the Zionist military operation in Gaza "overstepped the mark," Clegg called the Zionist bombing of three UN schools an "outrageous spectacle" that breached the conditions of export licenses.
He said he wants to see export licenses suspended pending a "wider review of whether they should be revoked more permanently in the long run."
"I believe we will be able to make an announcement on this, finally, very shortly. It’s taken a little bit longer than I’d like to have this agreed across government but I think it’s very important that in response to clearly what appears to be disproportionate military action of Israel in Gaza, we should be suspending the arms export licenses that presently exist," he added.
A report revealed earlier this week showed the extent to which the British government has been supplying Israel with military equipment ranging from weapons control and targeting systems to ammunition, drones and armoured vehicles which are being used in the bombardment of Gaza.
Documents shown to The Independent revealed that arms export licences worth £42m had been granted to 130 British defense manufacturers since 2010 with the aim of selling military gear to the Zionist entity.
While the British government has repeatedly called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister David Cameron has come under criticism from the opposition Labor party for refusing to describe Zionist actions as disproportionate.
Almost 1,900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Zionist forces began pounding the blockaded enclave with air, sea and ground assaults on July 7. Most of those killed were civilians, around a quarter of whom were children.
