Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from Hamad City, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Khan Younis, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024.
A British diplomat has reportedly resigned over the UK government’s arms sale to Israel.
In a letter titled “FCDO complicity in War Crimes”, Mark Smith said “there’s no justification for the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel”.
According to Hind Hassan, the journalist who first reported the story, Smith was based at the British Embassy in Dublin and signs off as the second secretary counter-terrorism.
The letter, shared by Hassan on X, reads: “I write to you on my last day in the FCDO with a message I never wanted to send.
“It is with sadness that I resign after a long career in the diplomatic service, however, I can no longer carry out my duties in the knowledge that this Department may be complicit in war crimes.”
Smith added that he is a former penholder on........