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The research also raises questions over whether the UK continued to sell F-35 parts directly to Israel in breach of an undertaking only to sell them to the US manufacturers Lockheed Martin as a way of ensuring the fighter jet’s global supply chain was not disrupted, something the government said was essential for national security and Nato.
The findings have led the former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell to call for a full investigation, adding it was a resigning matter if the foreign secretary, David Lammy, was shown to have misled parliament in breach of the ministerial code when he told MPs in September that much of what the UK sends to Israel was “defensive in nature”.
McDonnell said “The government has shrouded its arms supplies to Israel in secrecy. They must finally come clean in response to this extremely concerning evidence and halt all British arms exports to Israel to ensure no British-made weapons are used in Netanyahu’s new and terrifying plans to annex the Gaza Strip and ethnically cleanse the land.”
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Article continues at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/07/uk-sent-israel-thousands-of-military-items-despite-export-ban-study-finds
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/25093119.uk-invites-israel-minister-secret-visit-reports-say

DAVID Lammy has met with Israel’s foreign minister during a secret visit to the UK.
Gideon Saar visited the UK on Tuesday in a meeting which was not officially announced, only confirmed to The National following reports from the Middle East Eye.
Saar … was originally meant to visit the UK in March but this was postponed when Israel renewed its assault on Gaza, breaking the tense ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
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Campaigner Gary Spedding told The National that the UK Government‘s decision to welcome Saar demonstrated it was “complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people”
Spedding said: “This visit by Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Saar, comes at a time when Israel has resumed its wanton slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
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“This is an Israeli government minister who is on record justifying Israel’s cutting off of all humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/25093119.uk-invites-israel-minister-secret-visit-reports-say

