News - World: A protest outside Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office has demanded that his government impose an arms embargo on Israel over its war crimes in Gaza.

An emergency protest held for an urgent situation.

Palestine Solidarity demonstrators have amassed outside the British prime minister's office, renewing their demands that Britain cease its arms exports to Israel.

    The main demand of today's demonstration is to stop arming Israel.

    Protestor 01

The call to action came after Israel bombed a school in Gaza City on August 12, killing more than 100 people sheltering in it.

    I think they should stop all arms sales, arms transfers to Israel.

    It's just because of basic humanity, there are people being killed in their thousands and over the 10 months of slaughter.

    It's just not on.

    Protestor 02

According to the UK strategic export licensing criteria, no weapons should be exported if there is a clear risk of them being used for serious violation of international humanitarian law.

    It's ridiculous that genocide is taking place, and yet after 10 months, there's still no concrete arms embargo.

    We know if this was any other nation, there would be an arms embargo right now.

     How can 40,000 Palestinians be killed and we're still thinking, -

    Shamuil Joarder, Friends of al-Aqsa

 

Britain supplies about 15% of the components used in the F-35 war planes that Tel Aviv uses to bomb Gaza, a lethal trade that's earned Britain over $620 million in revenues in nine years. 

    What will it take to get a change in policy from the US, from Britain, from France, from Germany?

    It's clear that whatever we do, whatever Netanyahu does, he's got a blank check from these people.

    Whatever they say, they are prepared to put up with him and to accept his policies, regardless (of) how bad it is.

    Lindsay German, Stop the War Coalition

The general sense here is one of frustration, but also one of cautious optimism that sustained public pressure might force the government to change course.

For many months now, these protesters have been calling on the British government to release its legal advice on whether or not to continue selling weapons to Israel over its genocide in Gaza.

Well, that hasn't happened, and these protesters are saying they will continue to push until it does.

Source: Press TV

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