However, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) alleges that Cameron’s comments were at best misleading and, at worst, downright lies. New figures from CAAT estimate that the real value of arms exports to Israel is twice as high as the government claims it is – at least £1 billion since 2015. Cameron claimed that UK arms sales are not comparable with US sales because “we do not have a UK government supply of weapons to Israel, we have a number of licences”. Under UK export rules, arms sales must be halted when there is a clear risk they could be used to break international law. We also do not know if there has been an increase in arms exports since October 7th due to a lag in the data.

Source: The Guardian May 11, 2024 12:59 UTC