By George Pitcher2024-02-01T15:26:00
The killing and displacement of Gazans must be stopped, says George Pitcher. It’s time for Christians to demand the British government cease supplying arms to Israel
My eye is caught by a full-page advert in The Times; an open letter to the prime minister and foreign secretary, demanding that the UK government call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza and halts its supply of arms there. It’s signed, in this order, by Christian Aid, Global Justice Now, Oxfam and War On Want.
Its language is unequivocal: “[W]e have grave concerns about the use of arms supplied by the UK to Israel, in a potential breach of international humanitarian law… Emboldened, [Israel] continues to pursue what amounts to a policy of collective punishment against the people of Gaza and has now rejected the right of statehood for the Palestinian people, the stated policy of the UK government for decades.”
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