News Desk :A new data showed that £42million of ‘military list’ equipment exports to Israel were approved by the British Government since 2010, with £10million in the last 12 months.Andrew Smith, of the Campaign Against Arms Trade, told the Independent: ‘There must be an immediate embargo on all arms sales and military collaboration with Israel. When governments sell weapons into war zones they cannot absolve themselves of responsibility for what happens when they are used.’A government spokesman said: ‘We are currently reviewing all existing export licences to Israel. All applications for export licences are assessed on a case by case basis against strict criteria.’We will not issue a licence if there is a clear risk that the equipment might be used for internal repression, or if there is a clear risk that it would provoke or prolong conflict.’ The U.S. Congress, meanwhile, voted almost unanimously to pledge another $225million to restocking Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defence system.
