More than 100 Muslim Labour councillors demand complete UK arms embargo on Israel

More than 100 Muslim Labour councillors have written to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding an "immediate and complete suspension of arms sales to Israel".

The letter, coordinated by the Labour Muslim Network and signed by 114 elected councillors, cited "clear violations of international humanitarian law" by Israel.

"In the past few days alone we have seen images of Palestinian children and families burnt alive following Israeli military strikes at Al Aqsa hospital, and the continued shelling of schools used as shelter by displaced civilians," the letter read.

"That is why we have come together, as councillors, as Muslims, and as Labour members, to call on this Labour government to meet our moral obligation by suspending all arms sales to Israel until such a time that international humanitarian law is observed and respected."

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