UK blocks Israeli government delegation from defence exhibition
Britain said it would not be invited to a global defense exhibition in London next month due to the Gaza War.
“The Israeli government’s decision to further increase the military operation in Gaza is wrong,” British government spokesman said. He said. “As a result, we can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to participate in DSEI UK 2025.”
The Israeli Defense Ministry of Defense said “a deliberate and sad discrimination action” and said that it would be withdrawn and would not establish a national pavilion.
The United Kingdom leaders became more clear to Israel’s behavior in Gaza, Plan to expand the war And take over the City of Gaza.
“There should be a diplomatic solution to end this war, the ceasefire, the return of hostages and the increase in humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” he said. He said.
Individual Israeli defense companies will be allowed to exhibit at the trade fair which will take place between 9-12 September.
The DSEI is the flagship trade fair of Britain, which exhibits hundreds of defense companies from all over the world, exhibiting military equipment and technologies.
It is also supported by the government inviting foreign authorities to participate.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense said that Britain’s decision on this year’s event “brought completely inappropriate political thoughts for a professional defense industry exhibition”.
However, the ministry said that the Israeli industries, who chose to participate, will receive “full support”.
Liberal Democrats Defense Spokesman Helen Maguire said that the government said, “If it believes that it is a place to prohibit export of arms to Israel,” he said.
“Something less, this government’s task of terminating the human disaster in Gaza would be completely injustice.” He said.
BBC contacted other opposition parties for comment.
The DSEI is an opportunity to exhibit a country’s defense industry, so governments will continue to increase their industries even when most of this industry is employed as a special enterprise.
For Israel, individual trade firms often have a large government shares, such as defense firm Elbit systems.
Activist groups were already planning to protest in the DSEI this year.
The campaign against arms trade (CAAT) said that he criticized the government as “coward and symbolic” while welcoming the government’s action.
“It was not the British government that decided to withdraw the plug in the Pavilion of Israel,” the group’s media coordinator, adding that England is still welcoming Israeli defense companies like Elbit. He said.
“This makes it as if it is taking action while protecting the profits of the arms sellers.”
Israel launched its attack in Gaza in October 2023 in response to the attack on Israel, led by Hamas, who killed approximately 1,200 people and took 251 hostages back to Gaza. Currently, 20 hostages still have 48 hostages who are believed to be alive.
The Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, said that Israeli military actions in Gaza have killed 62,966 people, including at least 18,592 children since then.
The UN said that Israel has limited aid and UN -supported experts I approved scarcity In and around Gaza City, more than half a million people in Gaza face conditions, including hunger.
Israel, who controlled the entry of the goods into the region, rejected this report and defended his military operation as a struggle against Hamas.
British leaders have increasingly criticized Israel’s behavior in Gaza.
In May, England had negotiations about a trade agreement with Israel, called the ambassador of the country and applied new sanctions to the Settles of the West Bank, because the Secretary of Foreign Affairs David Lammy described military climbing in Gaza as “morally unfair”.
In recent months, Lammy called on that he was horrified by the bad situations of civilians in Gaza and became ill, and he called on Israel to get “unhindered” help to Gaza.
This week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that Israel had turned to a hospital that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists.
After the Labor Party came to power last year, he suspended 30 out of 350 weapons export licenses to Israel, but said that the government could not prevent Israel from taking it to producers around the world.
These jets are widely used in Gaza.
