Calls for weapons embargo on Israel

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1195271.ece

Tony Blair faced new demands to suspend all arms exports to Israel amid warnings that Tel Aviv was guilty of "disproportionate" attacks on Lebanon.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, called for a freeze on all arms export licences after government figures showed that British arms sales to Israel more than doubled last year to £22.5m.

Exports included components for military aircraft head-up displays, components for electronic warfare equipment and components for naval radar. Arms campaigners have called for an embargo on military exports to Israel, arguing that they breach British guidelines aimed at limited arms sales to volatile regions.

Yesterday, Sir Menzies said a freeze on exports was justified "in light of disproportionate military action by Israel in Lebanon and Gaza". He added: "The Government is right to ensure there are no arms transfers, either direct or indirect, from the UK to Syria, Iran or illegal armed groups such as the military wing of Hizbollah ... The Government must now comply with its own arms export rules and institute an immediate suspension of all UK arms exports to Israel."

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1. Bullshit

it only seems disproportionate because the Israelis have bomb shelters and the Lebanese do not and; once more, Iran and Syria are forcing Israel to fight from the air and, in so doing, are very much complicit in the killing of innocent Lebanese.
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2. Good to know there are some sane Brits left over there!