Mark Smith wrote in resignation letter that members of the Israeli government had expressed ‘open genocidal intent’
Displaced Palestinians watch from a makeshift camp as shells fired from Israel i tanks hit an area near the Hamad residential complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty ImagesA British diplomat has resigned from the UK foreign office as he believes the department “may be complicit in war crimes” for continuing to allow arms sales to Israel .
In the letter, he wrote: “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.”An election fix and repression strategy: How Venezuela’s Maduro is clinging on to power
“Senior members of the Israeli government and military have expressed open genocidal intent, Israeli soldiers take videos deliberately burning, destroying and looting civilian property, and openly admit to the rape and torture of prisoners.
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