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[[File:The Prime Minister meets the Prime Minister of Israel (53269898255).jpg|thumb|British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] meeting with Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] in [[Jerusalem]], 19 October 2023]]
Following the outbreak of the [[Israel–Hamas war]] on October 7th, 2023, the [[United Kingdom]] has provided [[Israel]] with extensive military and diplomatic support. In response to the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]], British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] asserted that the United Kingdom "unequivocally" stands with Israel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=8 October 2023 |title=Britain's Sunak says London 'unequivocally' stands with Israel |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/brita...-unequivocally-stands-with-israel-2023-10-08/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> The UK also issued an "unequivocal condemnation" of [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] militant group [[Hamas]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Hayden |date=2023-10-09 |title=UK, US and allies offer Israel ‘steadfast support’ in joint statement |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...r-israel-steadfast-support-in-joint-statement |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and deployed [[British Armed Forces]] personnel and assets to the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] to support Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prime Minister deploys UK military to Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...ry-to-eastern-mediterranean-to-support-israel |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
The United Kingdom solidly aligns itself with the [[United States]] throughout the conflict, which has also [[United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war|given significant support to Israel]], abstaining from three ceasefire resolutions put forth by the [[United Nations Security Council]] calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Security Council ceasefire resolution fails to pass |url=https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/...eases/unsc-ceasefire-resolution-fails-to-pass |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.savethechildren.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> This stance has led the United Kingdom to face increasing isolation along with the United States and Israel as global calls for a ceasefire intensify.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fenton-Harvey |first=Jonathan |date=2023-12-19 |title=Britain follows the US into isolation over Israel's Gaza war |url=https://www.newarab.com/analysis/britain-follows-us-isolation-over-israels-gaza-war |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The New Arab |language=en}}</ref> British ministers have openly endorsed Israel's [[Gaza Strip evacuations|forced evacuation orders]] and unlawful [[collective punishment]] of the Gaza Strip, without condemning any of Israel's policies despite the [[Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war|mounting death toll]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=CURTIS |first=MARK |date=2023-11-21 |title=Why does the UK give Israel unqualified backing? |url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-does-the-uk-give-israel-unqualified-backing/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Declassified Media Ltd |language=en-US}}</ref>
According to the [[Campaign Against Arms Trade]], the UK has granted arms export licences to Israel amounting to £574 million ($727 million) since 2008, including £42 million ($53 million) in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-05 |title=Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68737412 |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Despite growing calls from various international organizations, over 600 members of the British legal profession, and three former senior British judges who argue that the UK's arms sales to Israel violate international law,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=Haroon |last2=Courea |first2=Eleni |last3=Wintour |first3=Patrick |date=2024-04-03 |title=Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...y-uk-arming-israel-breaches-international-law |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Foreign Secretary [[David Cameron]] said on April 9th, 2024, that the United Kingdom will not cease its arms sales to Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK will not block arms sales to Israel, says David Cameron |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...to-israel-says-foreign-minister-david-cameron |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> International human rights organizations such as [[Human Rights Watch]] have criticized the UK for its military and diplomatic support to Israel, arguing that such support could render the UK complicit in [[Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza|Israeli war crimes and genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Selling Weapons to Israel Could Make UK Complicit in War Crimes {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/12/selling-weapons-israel-could-make-uk-complicit-war-crimes |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Al-Kassab |first=Fatima |date=4 April 2024 |title=Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/04/1242745977/uk-israel-arms-sales |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=National Public Radio}}</ref> As of April 2024, it is estimated that the conflict has resulted in the killing of over 34,000 Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=AFP-Agence France |title=Health Ministry In Hamas-run Gaza Says War Death Toll At 34,305 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/health...n-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-34-305-63f4dd13 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Timeline ==
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=== October ===
* On October 8th, British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] told Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] that the United Kingdom "unequivocally" stands with Israel. He also announced "we will continue to provide Israel with every support that it needs as we stand steadfast with Israel, including its right to self defence to ensure that these attacks do not happen."<ref name=":0" />
* On October 12th, the UK announced that it would send two [[Royal Navy]] supports ships, 100 [[Royal Marines]] and surveillance aircraft to the Eastern Mediterranean from October 13th to support Israel. This includes [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Poseidon P-8 aircraft]] and other planes tasked partly with preventing weapon transfers to [[Hezbollah]] in [[Lebanon]] from [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=2023-10-12 |title=UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/uk-to-send-navy-ships-and-spy-planes-to-support-israel |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* On October 18th, the UK abstained from a [[United Nations Security Council resolution]] calling for "humanitarian pauses" to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142507 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref>
* On October 19th, British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] arrived in [[Tel Aviv]] in a two-day visit to "express solidarity with the Israeli people", as the relentless [[Bombing of the Gaza Strip|Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip]] has killed over 3,400 Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British PM Sunak in Israel. What’s on his agenda? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/19/british-pm-sunak-in-israel-whats-on-his-agenda |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Castle |first=Stephen |date=2023-10-19 |title=Sunak Visits Israel in Display of British Support |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/world/middleeast/rishi-sunak-israel-visit-uk.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Opinion polls ==
According to an December 2023 [[YouGov]] poll commissioned by [[Medical Aid for Palestinians]] and the [[Council for Arab-British Understanding]], 71% of the British public believe that there should definitely (48%) or probably (23%) be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, while only 12% though that there should definitely not (6%) or probably not (6%) be an immediate ceasefire. Additionally, the poll found that 17% of the British public approve of the British government's handling of the conflict, while only 9% approve of the opposition [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s handling of the conflict, revealing that there is "a total and utter lack of public confidence in the way both the UK government and the Labour Party have handled this".<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2024 |title=Opinion poll shows overwhelming British public support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://www.map.org.uk/news/archive...ic-support-for-an-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=Medical Aid for Palestinians}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{2023 Israel–Hamas war}}
[[Category:2023 in international relations]]
[[Category:2023 in British politics]]
[[Category:2023 in Israeli politics]]
[[Category:Foreign involvement in the Israel–Hamas war]]
[[Category:2024 in international relations]]
[[Category:2024 in British politics]]
[[Category:2024 in Israeli politics]]
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[[File:The Prime Minister meets the Prime Minister of Israel (53269898255).jpg|thumb|British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] meeting with Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] in [[Jerusalem]], 19 October 2023]]
Following the outbreak of the [[Israel–Hamas war]] on October 7th, 2023, the [[United Kingdom]] has provided [[Israel]] with extensive military and diplomatic support. In response to the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]], British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] asserted that the United Kingdom "unequivocally" stands with Israel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=8 October 2023 |title=Britain's Sunak says London 'unequivocally' stands with Israel |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/brita...-unequivocally-stands-with-israel-2023-10-08/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> The UK also issued an "unequivocal condemnation" of [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] militant group [[Hamas]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vernon |first=Hayden |date=2023-10-09 |title=UK, US and allies offer Israel ‘steadfast support’ in joint statement |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...r-israel-steadfast-support-in-joint-statement |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and deployed [[British Armed Forces]] personnel and assets to the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] to support Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prime Minister deploys UK military to Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...ry-to-eastern-mediterranean-to-support-israel |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
The United Kingdom solidly aligns itself with the [[United States]] throughout the conflict, which has also [[United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war|given significant support to Israel]], abstaining from three ceasefire resolutions put forth by the [[United Nations Security Council]] calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Security Council ceasefire resolution fails to pass |url=https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/...eases/unsc-ceasefire-resolution-fails-to-pass |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.savethechildren.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> This stance has led the United Kingdom to face increasing isolation along with the United States and Israel as global calls for a ceasefire intensify.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fenton-Harvey |first=Jonathan |date=2023-12-19 |title=Britain follows the US into isolation over Israel's Gaza war |url=https://www.newarab.com/analysis/britain-follows-us-isolation-over-israels-gaza-war |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The New Arab |language=en}}</ref> British ministers have openly endorsed Israel's [[Gaza Strip evacuations|forced evacuation orders]] and unlawful [[collective punishment]] of the Gaza Strip, without condemning any of Israel's policies despite the [[Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war|mounting death toll]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=CURTIS |first=MARK |date=2023-11-21 |title=Why does the UK give Israel unqualified backing? |url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-does-the-uk-give-israel-unqualified-backing/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Declassified Media Ltd |language=en-US}}</ref>
According to the [[Campaign Against Arms Trade]], the UK has granted arms export licences to Israel amounting to £574 million ($727 million) since 2008, including £42 million ($53 million) in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-05 |title=Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68737412 |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Despite growing calls from various international organizations, over 600 members of the British legal profession, and three former senior British judges who argue that the UK's arms sales to Israel violate international law,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=Haroon |last2=Courea |first2=Eleni |last3=Wintour |first3=Patrick |date=2024-04-03 |title=Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...y-uk-arming-israel-breaches-international-law |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Foreign Secretary [[David Cameron]] said on April 9th, 2024, that the United Kingdom will not cease its arms sales to Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK will not block arms sales to Israel, says David Cameron |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...to-israel-says-foreign-minister-david-cameron |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> International human rights organizations such as [[Human Rights Watch]] have criticized the UK for its military and diplomatic support to Israel, arguing that such support could render the UK complicit in [[Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza|Israeli war crimes and genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Selling Weapons to Israel Could Make UK Complicit in War Crimes {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/12/selling-weapons-israel-could-make-uk-complicit-war-crimes |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Al-Kassab |first=Fatima |date=4 April 2024 |title=Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/04/1242745977/uk-israel-arms-sales |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=National Public Radio}}</ref> As of April 2024, it is estimated that the conflict has resulted in the killing of over 34,000 Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=AFP-Agence France |title=Health Ministry In Hamas-run Gaza Says War Death Toll At 34,305 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/health...n-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-34-305-63f4dd13 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Timeline ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2024}}
=== October ===
* On October 8th, British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] told Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] that the United Kingdom "unequivocally" stands with Israel. He also announced "we will continue to provide Israel with every support that it needs as we stand steadfast with Israel, including its right to self defence to ensure that these attacks do not happen."<ref name=":0" />
* On October 12th, the UK announced that it would send two [[Royal Navy]] supports ships, 100 [[Royal Marines]] and surveillance aircraft to the Eastern Mediterranean from October 13th to support Israel. This includes [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Poseidon P-8 aircraft]] and other planes tasked partly with preventing weapon transfers to [[Hezbollah]] in [[Lebanon]] from [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=2023-10-12 |title=UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/uk-to-send-navy-ships-and-spy-planes-to-support-israel |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* On October 18th, the UK abstained from a [[United Nations Security Council resolution]] calling for "humanitarian pauses" to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142507 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref>
* On October 19th, British Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] arrived in [[Tel Aviv]] in a two-day visit to "express solidarity with the Israeli people", as the relentless [[Bombing of the Gaza Strip|Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip]] has killed over 3,400 Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British PM Sunak in Israel. What’s on his agenda? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/19/british-pm-sunak-in-israel-whats-on-his-agenda |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Castle |first=Stephen |date=2023-10-19 |title=Sunak Visits Israel in Display of British Support |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/world/middleeast/rishi-sunak-israel-visit-uk.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Opinion polls ==
According to an December 2023 [[YouGov]] poll commissioned by [[Medical Aid for Palestinians]] and the [[Council for Arab-British Understanding]], 71% of the British public believe that there should definitely (48%) or probably (23%) be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, while only 12% though that there should definitely not (6%) or probably not (6%) be an immediate ceasefire. Additionally, the poll found that 17% of the British public approve of the British government's handling of the conflict, while only 9% approve of the opposition [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s handling of the conflict, revealing that there is "a total and utter lack of public confidence in the way both the UK government and the Labour Party have handled this".<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2024 |title=Opinion poll shows overwhelming British public support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://www.map.org.uk/news/archive...ic-support-for-an-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=Medical Aid for Palestinians}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{2023 Israel–Hamas war}}
[[Category:2023 in international relations]]
[[Category:2023 in British politics]]
[[Category:2023 in Israeli politics]]
[[Category:Foreign involvement in the Israel–Hamas war]]
[[Category:2024 in international relations]]
[[Category:2024 in British politics]]
[[Category:2024 in Israeli politics]]
Okumaya devam et...