Attorney General Richard Hermer KC, Keir Starmer's top legal adviser, is said to have told Foreign Office officials he will not approve a decision to ban some weapons sales.
Keir Starmer 's top legal adviser has reportedly intervened in the row over the UK continuing to sell arms to Israel .
It comes days after diplomat Richard Smith quit the Foreign Office over his belief it 'may be complicit in war crimes'. Since 2008, the UK has licensed arms worth £576million to Israel, according to analysis of export data by the Campaign Against Arms Trade. In June, the Government published data on licences granted to Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7, which showed it had issued 42 licences between then and May 31, 2024.
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