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.

  • SynthaEnglish
    67·
    8 months ago

    Is the UK funding Israel? I wasn’t aware of that.

    • fifisaac@lemmy.mlEnglish
      93·
      8 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

      Source

      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

      • SynthaEnglish
        57·
        8 months ago

        That is what you call trade. So no funding, got it.

        • fifisaac@lemmy.mlEnglish
          73·
          8 months ago

          Trade of military goods is entirely controlled by the government

          • SynthaEnglish
            56·
            8 months ago

            Indeed. No funding though