Corbyn would suspend arms sales to Israel if elected

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would, if elected Prime Minister, seek to impose an embargo on arms sales to Israel.

According to the Labour manifesto, which was published on the party’s website on Thursday, Labour under Corbyn would “immediately suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen and to Israel for arms used in violation of the human rights of Palestinian civilians, and conduct a root-and-branch reform of our arms exports regime so ministers can never again turn a blind eye to British-made weapons being used to target innocent civilians.”