Lack of transparency regarding number of British citizens fighting for Israeli army is concerning, says Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi
A retired British-Palestinian professor, who lost 25 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike, said the UK's unwavering support for Israel "implicates" it in "massacre" in the Gaza Strip.
In a letter to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, expert on international relations, expressed his "profound distress and anger" regarding the recent "war crimes" in the Gaza Strip and the role of the UK in "these crimes."
Referring to the Israeli attack in al-Maghazi refugee camp on the Christmas day, El-Awaisi said an Israeli airstrike claimed the lives of 25 members of his family, most of whom were children and women.
"It is my belief that the UK's unwavering support for Israel implicates it in this massacre. The British government, akin to the American administration, seems to be facilitating ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza Strip," he said.
"In my opinion, as a retired British professor of international relations, this makes the UK government complicit in Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip, with the blood of Gaza equally on the hands of the UK government as it is on Israel's," said the letter which was sent to Sunak on Dec. 31.
Defining "ongoing war crimes" in the besieged enclave "alarming," El-Awaisi mentioned the indiscriminate attacks on civilians and infrastructures that have claimed lives of thousands of people.
The death toll from the Israeli assault on Gaza since the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas has crossed 22,000, more than half of them women and children.
Most of the enclave’s population of more than 2.2 million remains under siege and bombardment, are displaced, and short of food. (more...)
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