Israeli government representatives will not be invited to attend a major London arms fair next month, a UK government spokesperson said Friday, amid worsening diplomatic relations between London and Jerusalem over the Gaza conflict.
“We can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to attend DSEI UK 2025” in September, said a British defense ministry statement.
Israeli defense companies — such as Elbit Systems, Rafael, Israel Aerospace Industries and Uvision — will still be allowed to attend the biennial event. But Israel slammed the move as “discrimination.”
UK premier Keir Starmer’s government has in recent months announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state, suspended free trade talks with Israel and sanctioned far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, amid tensions over the next stage of the war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip as well as settler violence in the West Bank.
Israel has moved forward with plans to take over Gaza City, a months-long operation that would see some one million people newly displaced, rather than agree to a deal with Hamas for a phased release of hostages in exchange for a ceasefire and the release of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners.
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