United Kingdom will cease arms exports to Israel.

SyuzhetyVoennaya Israeli operation in the sector Gaza29.01.2009Izrail count of those killed boevikovPravitelstvo British declared 21 April of the intention to revise the export of defense products to Israel, reports Reuters. In London, believes that British components could be used for the production of weapons used in the next cycle of conflict, the Israelis with the Palestinians in January 2009. As a result, over 1400 residents of the Gaza Strip, including 926 civilians, were killed.
That was used against the population of Gaza, the Israeli military might contain components of the UK, MPs said the Minister of Foreign Affairs David Milibend. However, reliable evidence of these facts is not. The Israelis have also denied that during the specified amount of aggression killed civilians.
Nevertheless, according to Milibenda, all subsequent defense deal between Britain and Israel will take into account the recent armed conflict. This will not be limited to purely military products but also products that have dual uses.
Precise data on the British-Israeli military-technical cooperation, a British minister said. According to him, about 95 percent of Israel's defense needs met by U.S. production. The remaining 5 percent are in Europe.
Nevertheless, the British development of the components used in the production of F-16 fighter aircraft, attack helicopters and Apache, which Israel bought from American companies. The British also has been used in the manufacture of weapons corvettes project Saar, as well as the tanks involved in the conflict.
Israel ordered a British products needed for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles. But the real evidence that bespilotniki with British components were used against the Palestinians, not as much of this production are exported Israel.
Note that at the end of 2007, the British government has blocked the execution of a third of the total volume of arms deals between Israel and the British companies. The reason for this was identified as the desire to stabilize the region and fear that set technology will facilitate the violation of human rights. "