British Diplomat Resigns Over UK Arms Sales to Israel
CrossFireArabia- August 18, 2024
A British Foreign Office official who worked on counter-terrorism has resigned in protest over arms sales to Israel. He said the British government “may be complicit in war crimes”.
His resignation is trending on the social media with commentary.
Mark Smith, who worked at the British Embassy in Dublin, wrote to colleagues on Friday that he had raised concerns “at every level” of the Foreign Office but to no avail.
Smith in his letter of resignation said he had previously worked on evaluating arms export licensing in the Middle East for the government, and that his colleagues “every day” were seeing “clear and indisputable examples” of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office declined to comment on individual cases, but said the government was committed to upholding international law according to JO24.
One blogger states: “We wait with bated breath for this extremely serious matter to be covered by all of the mainstream media and for government ministers to be rigorously questioned.”
