British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said this Monday that imposing arms ban on Israel would only make Hamas stronger, blaming Joe Biden for proposing the idea.
This Monday, UK’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron addressed the idea of imposing arms embargo on Israel due to its insatiable desire to continue the war on Gazans. In an interview with BBC News, Cameron noted that it would be “not wise” for the UK to suspend arms sales to Israel.
Referring to the mounting pressure on him and the UK government to ban arms sales to Israel, Cameron said that “the last time I was urged to do that, I didn’t do that, and just a few days later there was a brutal attack by Iran on Israel … I think it would have sent an entirely wrong message. Just to simply announce today that we will change our approach on arms exports, it would make Hamas stronger and it would make a hostage deal less likely.”
The UK foreign minister even rebuked US President Joe Biden for suggesting the idea last week. “I do not agree with comments made by US President Joe Biden last week that suggested imposing some restrictions on weapon exports if Israel attacked Rafah,” Cameron asserted.
Netanyahu desperately looking for a post-war plan for Gaza governance!
While Cameron’s words on Monday assured Israel that it can still have arms support from the UK, Cameron expressed concerns over Israel’s planned escalation in Rafah, saying that his government could not support Israel’s attack on Rafah “unless they have a plan” to protect civilians. “We have not seen that plan so we do not support a major operation in Rafah,” he told the BBC.
France, another European power, also condemned Israel for invading Rafah, with the French foreign ministry calling on Israel to halt the military operations and to reopen the border crossing there to allow the passage of aid into Gaza.
In a statement posted on X, the ministry warned that if continued, the invasion could cause “a catastrophic situation for the civilian population of Gaza”. Urging Tel Aviv to return to negotiations, the ministry also noted that ending the operation “the only possible path to lead to the immediate release of hostages and obtain a lasting ceasefire”.
Gaza is a living hell thanks to Israel!
Situation in Rafah is critical. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Gaza faced the danger of an “epic humanitarian disaster” if Israel launched a full-scale ground operation.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) has warned that the World Food Program and UN aid agency Unrwa were set to run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza “by tomorrow” due to the continued closure of border crossings by Israeli forces. In a video statement posted on X, Ocha chief Georgios Petropoulos warned that the “humanitarian situation in Gaza is in a downward spiral” and urged the “immediate entry of aid and fuel”.
According to the Palestinian health ministry, at least 34,971 Palestinians have been killed and 78,641 others wounded since Israel started the war in Gaza on October 7.
