Ceasefire and Arms embargo on Israel in the British Parliament in May 2024

Ceasefire and Arms Embargo

on Israel in the British Parliament in May 2024

 

Dr Mozammel Haque

Labour Members of the British Parliament Afzal Khan and Zarah Sultana raised question on ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel in the House of Commons in the British Parliament in May 2024.

Afzal Khan

Labour Member of the British Parliament from the Constituency of Manchester Gorton, sent me a text saying Today (21May 2024) I repeated my calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and arms embargo on Israel.

Afzal Khan, M.P. said: “The majority of the British public support a ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo on Israel.

He continued, “The will of the British people must not be ignored. The Tories must now do the right thing.”

Zarah Sultana

On 22 May 2024, Labour Member of the British Parliament from the constituency of Coventry South said, “The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This House does not aid and abet Hamas, but it does aid and abet Israel through the sale of arms, such as components for Israeli F-35s—known as the most lethal fighter jet on earth—which are raining down hell on Gaza.”

Zarah Sultana asked, “Will the Prime Minister uphold international law, drop the nonsense about the most robust licensing system in the world and end arms sales to Israel? If the ICC issues arrest warrants, will he comply by ensuring that those individuals are arrested if they enter the UK?”

 Rishi Sunak

British Prime Minister

The British Prime Minister replied, “It is always nice to see the changed Labour party in action. When it comes to the ICC, this is a deeply unhelpful development, which of course is still subject to a final decision. There is no moral equivalence between a democratically elected Government exercising their lawful right to self-defence and the actions of a terrorist group, and the actions of the ICC do absolutely nothing to get a pause in the fighting, or to get the hostages out or aid in.