Israeli media outlets are reporting tonight that the British government has slapped a partial arms embargo on the Israeli government. Britain will no longer supply Israel with parts and supplies for their Sa’ar 4.5 gunships.
In April the British government announced a review on all military exports to Israel in light of the enormous death toll in the invasion of the Gaza Strip. Britain has very strict requirements regarding how their exported arms can be used by purchasing countries, and it has determined that Israel violated the terms in its use of the Sa’ar 4.5 in the war.
The Israeli Navy only has a handful of the Sa’ar 4.5 missile boats, and as such the inability to acquire spare parts will likely have only a negligible effect on the nation’s naval capabilities. However the political ramifications of an influential nation such as Britain issuing even a partial halt on weapons sales could be significant.
US officials have suggested that Israel has also broken the terms of its arms deals in recent conflicts, however the US has never gone so far as to actually stop the exports or even publicly criticize the Israelis for flouting the terms of use.
Though the Israeli government is in clear violation of various arms agreements with the US, the Jewish controlled Congress will not permit a similar British response to arms violations. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, modified in 1976-77 by Senators Symington and Glenn, and prohibiting aid to nations outside the NPT/IAEA framework, comes to mind. Thanks to Jewish control of the US Congress and the Executive, the US has ignored Israel's clear violation. In fact, the US is preparing to 'gift' Israel with our state of the art F-35 fighter/bombers, which, doubtlessly, will be used to attack Israel's neighbors in another violation US/Israeli arms agreements.
Better than the tiny bit of "lip service criticism" of past for what virtually the whole world thinks are war crimes & some "the Gaza holocaust" but,…probably, it's just about "SAYING they are actually doing something" …for once!
They really ought scrap ALL Israel trade & dual nationals until they stay within defined boundary's & do the right thing!