Scotland demands a ban on British arms exports to the Zionist regime

According to, Scotland's Prime Minister in his letter to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated: "The British government must immediately stop selling arms to this regime in order to prevent its cooperation in the killing of innocent civilians by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip."

In this letter he noted that in his previous letter of February 23, he asked Sunak that the British government - considering the Zionist regime's threat to launch a ground attack on Rafah and the devastating effects that attack would have , - to cancel the permit to export weapons to Tel Aviv. He recalled: "You still have not responded to that letter and while the civilian casualties in Gaza are mounting, you have not canceled British arms exports to Israel."

The Prime Minister of Scotland also recalled the recent attack by the Zionist regime on the convoy of the organization "World Central Kitchen" (WCK) and emphasized: "The painful incident of the killing of three British aid workers and other humanitarian aid workers in this attack has sparking global outrage at the Israeli army's brutal actions in Gaza".

Continuing his letter, the First Minister of Scotland stated: "The killing of children, women and aid workers and the bombing of hospitals, schools and refugee camps by Israel is carried out while the British Government continues to allow British companies to to export their weapons products to this regime".

Stressing that the Zionist regime must be held accountable for its crimes, he added: "I once again put forward my request to stop the export of British arms to this regime and declare that the killing of civilians and aid workers, the crime of whose sole responsibility is the distribution of life-saving aid to Palestinians who have been deliberately starved is intolerable."

The non-governmental organization "World Central Kitchen" (WCK) announced in a statement that the Israeli attacks on Monday, April 1, 2024 in Gaza killed 7 rescue workers of the organization. Their Palestinian driver also died in this incident.

The attack happened hours after members of this non-governmental group arrived in the Gaza Strip on a ship with food aid and went to its northern areas.

This issue has become more vivid especially after the last attack of the Zionist regime on the convoy of foreign aid in Gaza and the killing of 3 Britons. The non-governmental organization "World Central Kitchen" announced by publishing a statement that in the Israeli attacks on Monday, April 1, 2024 in Gaza, 7 helpers of this organization were killed.

Their Palestinian driver also died in this incident. The attack happened hours after members of this non-governmental group arrived in the Gaza Strip on a ship with food aid and went to its northern areas. According to the statement of this organization, the dead were British, Australian, Polish, Canadian-American and Palestinian. In this regard, Scottish Prime Minister Hamza Yusuf wrote in an open letter to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: The British government must immediately stop selling arms to the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in order to prevent its complicity in the killing of civilians. innocent. He noted that in his previous letter on February 23, he asked Sunak to cancel the arms export license to Tel Aviv in view of the Zionist regime's threat of a ground attack on Rafah and the devastating effects this would have. attack You have still not responded to that letter and canceled British arms exports to Israel, while civilian casualties in Gaza continue to mount. 

Also, more than 600 British lawyers in an open letter addressed to the government of this country asked for a ban on the sale of arms to the Zionist regime. In their letter to Rishi Sunak, these lawyers mentioned that selling arms to the Zionist regime is a violation of international law. Therefore, the British government has broken international law if it sells arms to Israel. Despite the growing pressure from the country's parliamentarians to suspend arms exports to the Zionist regime, Sunak has refused to accept their request.

Flick Drummond, a representative of the ruling Conservative party, said: If the British government does not stop selling arms to Israel, it could be condemned as a violator of human rights. At the same time, most Britons want to stop arms exports to the Zionist regime. With the killing of 3 British aid workers in the latest Israeli crime spree targeting a car carrying foreign aid workers, which left 7 dead, pressure on the Conservative government to ban arms exports to Tel Aviv has increased. 

The latest polls of the British show that 56% of the inhabitants of this country are in favor of banning the export of weapons to Israel because of the Gaza war. This poll showed that 59% of Britons believe that the Zionist regime has violated human rights in the Gaza war. Between the two main British parties, 71% of Labor Party respondents were in favor of a ban on arms exports to Israel,while only 38% of supporters of the ruling Conservative party supported the ban on arms exports to Tel Aviv. Although this poll was taken before the British aid workers were killed in Gaza, it clearly shows that the majority of people in this country are against the war in Gaza.

In recent months, various British cities, especially London, the capital of this country, have become the scene of large demonstrations and gatherings with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people in this country in support of the people of Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide against the Palestinians. from the Zionist regime, establishing a ceasefire and sending immediate aid to the people of Gaza. It is worth noting that for the first time since the start of the Gaza war, the British government has begun to criticize this war and Israel's approach in recent days, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak in a conversation with Netanyahu clearly called the conditions intolerable in Gaza.

Criticizing the Zionist regime's approach to creating a barrier to humanitarian aid reaching Gaza, Sunak addressed Netanyahu and said: Without increasing the volume and speed of humanitarian aid to Gaza, we will be forced to declare that Israel is in violation of the law international. Despite these gestures and apparent threats from the British Prime Minister, the reality is that London continues to supply all kinds of weapons and ammunition to the Zionist regime. Britain is known as one of the main supporters of the Zionist regime in Europe, along with Germany, and has always sold this regime all kinds of weapons to oppress and kill the oppressed people of Palestine. Britain, as a strategic ally of the United States, has always played an active role in the political and military support of the Zionist regime, along with Washington, which is the main supporter of Tel Aviv.

This role-playing, among other things, includes participating in Israel's nuclear weapons development program and in recent years providing and distributing various types of police and military equipment to oppress and kill the oppressed Palestinian people, especially in the Strip. of Gaza. Following Operation Storm Al-Aqsa on October 7, 2023, the British Conservative government has taken many steps at home and abroad to support the Zionist regime and its criminal actions against the oppressed people of Gaza. This by preventing and interrupting the holding of demonstrations and gatherings in the United Kingdom in support of the people of Gaza and in the external arena by accompanying the United States in opposing the draft resolutions of the Security Council in the field of the war in Gaza and has been carried out continuing to send weapons and ammunition to the Zionist regime.

Given the pressure of public opinion and the increase of domestic and international protests against the genocide against the people of Gaza and the extremely critical situation of this region, London voted in favor of the latest resolution of the Security Council, ie Resolution 2728. , which calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.