The UK government is "appalled" by allegations UNRWA staff were involved in 7 October attacks.

“The UK is appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned,” the UK Foreign Office said in a statement.

“The UK is temporarily pausing any future funding of UNWRA whilst we review these concerning allegations,” it added.

    • @fifisaac@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6•10 months ago

      I’m not sure if there’s direct funding but we certainly continue to support them militarily and sell them weapons via our arms companies

      Edit:

      According to Campaign Against Arms Trade, between 2016 and 2020, the UK issued single individual export licences for arms sales to Israel to a value of £400m.

      Between 2018 and 2020 the British Ministry of Defence bought £46m worth of military equipment from Elbit

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      Edit 2:

      Cleverly said that the UK-Israel trade relationship was worth about £7bn, with more than 400 Israeli tech firms operating in the UK.

      source