London - Saba:
Independent Member of Parliament Richard Burgon today Wednesday called on his government to impose a complete ban on arms sales to the Zionist enemy and strong sanctions against it.
Burgon pointed out that the British government's call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip "was not enough".
He said that the British government must do more to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza.
"I think the calls by politicians and governments for a ceasefire have become a kind of ritual, because it is clear that Netanyahu will not listen to these calls.
"What is needed is for governments to act, and that means stopping all arms sales to Israel, as well as imposing sanctions on Israel.
"It is possible to push Israel to a point where it stops its war crimes and puts an end to the mass killings of the Palestinian people, by stopping arms exports to it," he said.
On September 2, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced that his country would suspend the sale of some weapons to Israel, indicating that about 30 out of 350 licenses would be suspended.
Defense Secretary John Healey said that his country's decision to suspend 30 of 350 arms export licenses to Israel does not change London's support for Tel Aviv's "right to self-defense," as he put it.
International human rights organizations and NGOs criticized Britain's decision to impose a partial arms embargo on Israel, describing it as "insufficient" and "too little, too late," calling for a complete cessation of arms supplies.
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