UK Foreign Office staff pushed for Israel trip despite suspension of trade talks

UK Foreign Office staff promoted peer’s Israel trip despite downgrading of ties

LONDON: The UK Foreign Office recommended that David Lammy, the country’s foreign secretary at the time, endorse a trade mission to Israel in late May despite his earlier criticism of Tel Aviv’s conduct in Gaza. Lammy had also suspended trade talks with Israel, yet Foreign Office staffers insisted that ministers should support the visit by Ian Austin, a pro-Israel peer, The

Revealed: UK Foreign Office staff pushed for Israel trip despite suspension of trade talks

Peer meet Israeli officials and business leaders on visit that had no support from ministers The Foreign Office recommended that David Lammy endorse a trade mission to Israel, days after he suspended trade talks and rebuked the country’s government, internal documents reveal. In an unusual ...

UK’s double standards toward Israel amid Gaza tensions

Recently released documents indicate that the UK Foreign Office supported the visit of its trade envoy to Tel Aviv just days after announcing a suspension of trade talks with Israel—an action reflecting London’s dual approach toward the regime.

Still more duplicity as Gov UK tells the UK it is stopping trade while it is business as usual. Is Britain being run by Israel? https:/...

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UK Hypocrisy Scramble: Foreign Office Undermined Lammy's Israel Trade Suspension for Arms Deals

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