A Labour candidate has broken ranks by claiming arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia will stop if the party takes power, Report informs referring to The Telegraph.
Fabian Hamilton, who was a shadow foreign minister under Sir Keir Starmer until last year, made the comments during a hustings at the Baab-Ul-Ilm mosque in Leeds this week.
It came as Sir Keir refused to commit to publishing legal advice relating to British arms sales to Israel – something Labour previously called on the Conservative government to do.
Hamilton, who is seeking re-election in Leeds North East, was asked during a panel event on Thursday “should we be selling arms to Israel?” by a questioner who accused Benjamin Netanyahu’s country of genocide.
He replied: “On the issue of arms sales, if we win the election next week we will stop arms sales to Israel immediately.
“We don’t supply a huge number of arms, but we will stop them because we’re complicit if we don’t. We will also stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which is our largest client…”
Hamilton said Labour needed to be “consistent” in its foreign policy.