LONDON - Britain has approved the sale of arms to Israel worth $445m since the 2014 Gaza war, including components for drones, combat aircraft and helicopters along with spare parts for sniper rifles, according to figures seen by Middle East Eye.
The government data will raise fresh concerns that
British-made weapons are being used by the Israeli military in the Occupied Territories, amid fears that components in sniper rifles used to kill scores of Palestinian civilians in recent weeks could have been made in the UK.
Arms export licences to Israel soared to £216m, or $300m at current exchange rates, last year from £20m in the wake of the Gaza war, new Department for International Trade figures show.
UK arms sales to Israel
2015..... £20m ($28m)
2016..... £84m ($117m)
2017..... £216m ($300m)
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Total... £320 ($445m)
Source: Dept for Int Trade
They include a major £183m licence covering "technology for military radars", but ministers [...]
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