menu-control
The Jerusalem Post

UK system of arms exports to Israel not the same as US, Cameron says

 
 British Foreign Secretary David Cameron holds a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy)
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron holds a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy)

Cameron was responding to a question on whether Britain would follow the US after it warned that it would withhold weapons from Israel in case of a major invasion of Rafah.

Foreign Secretary David Cameron described Britain's system and scale of arms exports to Israel as completely different from those in the United States, saying the sales it licenses were relatively small and policed by strict procedures.

'Fundamental difference between US and UK'

Cameron was responding to a question on whether Britain would follow the US after it warned that it would withhold weapons from Israel in case of a major invasion of Rafah.

Israeli forces are seen operating in the Gaza Strip on February 5, 2024 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Israeli forces are seen operating in the Gaza Strip on February 5, 2024 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

"There's a very fundamental difference between the US situation and the UK situation," Cameron said after a speech.

"The US is a massive state supplier of weapons to Israel ... we do not have a UK Government supply of weapons to Israel, we have a number of licenses, and I think our defense exports to Israel are responsible for significantly less than 1% of their total."

Advertisement

×
Email:
×
Email: