Mark Smith, the head of Africa Programmes and Expertise Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, submitted a resignation letter entitled “FCDO complicity in War Crimes” reports revealed yesterday.

“It is with sadness that I resign after a long career in the diplomatic service,” he wrote, “however I can no longer carry out my duties in the knowledge that this Department may be complicit in War Crimes. ”

He went on to highlight how “senior members of the Israeli government and militar have expressed open genocidal intent, Isralei soldiers take videos, deliberately burning destroying, and looting civilian property and openly admit to the rape and torture of prisoners.”

Adding that such actions, along with the displacement of over 80 per cent of Gaza’s civilian population “are War Crimes”, he said “there is no justification for the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel yet somehow it continues.”

  • @[email protected]
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    33 months ago

    A politician has no problem throwing his Irish roots under the bus Biden in no way represents the good Irish folk,

    I think we’re agreeing on this point. Im just going one further and saying I don’t think he’s a true Zionist either. He’s a Zionist because it suits him politically. Just like he’s Irish when it shits him politically. He’s 100% team USA.

    I’m not sure how ideologically Starmer is attached to israel, but his political carreer and israel are very much intertwined.

    Absolutely true. Especially if the middle east situation drags on.

    Nobody is under any illusion that israel isn’t committing Genocide anymore

    True that. Realistically what can anyone do about it when the US will shield them?

      • @Zorque
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        33 months ago

        I mean, he technically did. He just didn’t follow it up with action.

    • @LinkerbaanOP
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      23 months ago

      Realistically what can anyone do about it when the US will shield them?

      Not expecting Starmer to stop the Genocide, just not participating in it.

      There are laws against supplying arms for war crimes. Just following those laws would be the minimum.