Over 300 UK Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning if they disagree with government’s Gaza policy

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) in West Jerusalem on July 15, 2024. [Haim Zach - GPO / Handout - Anadolu Agency]

More than 300 UK Foreign Office staff, who voiced concerns about potential British “complicity” in Israel’s actions in Gaza, were told they could resign if they fundamentally disagreed with government policy, BBC reported on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. This came, according to the BBC, after an internal letter sent to Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month criticized the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel and accused the Israeli government of a “stark… disregard for…

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