Around 200 Israeli citizens living in the UK have written to the British government demanding it suspend its trade relations with Israel until the country lifts its total siege on Gaza. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the group, many of whom hold British citizenship, called on the government to suspend the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement (TPA )- a deal which covers trade of goods, services and preferential tariffs and quotas.
“We are watching in horror the images coming from Gaza of malnourished babies and children,” the letter read, noting that the siege has barred any aid from entering the Strip for over two months. The signatories warned Starmer and Lammy "not to be complicit in criminal mass starvation". “Pleading with Netanyahu's rogue government will not do. The prospect of mass starvation in Gaza is imminent and intolerable. The UK must take immediate and concrete measures to stop this catastrophe before it gets any worse,” it added.