UK decision to suspend some arms for Israel frustrates both sides

Israel’s military response against Hamas has so far killed at least 40,819 people in Gaza, according to the territory’s health ministry. The UN rights office says most of the dead are women and children.
On Jul 26, Downing Street confirmed it was dropping the previous government’s legal challenge to arrest warrants sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others over alleged war crimes.
If granted, Britain as an ICC member state would technically be obliged to arrest Netanyahu and the others if they travelled to the UK.
Fielding says legal concerns are largely driving the Labour government’s approach rather than a desire to be pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel.
“This is a government of lawyers more than most,” he said, referring to both Harvard Law School graduate Lammy and Starmer, a former human rights lawyer and chief state prosecutor.