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The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has told Zeteo UK that British ministers have told him tougher restrictions on arms exports to Israel are coming.

In an interview on ‘The Real Question, with Shehab Khan’ - conducted the day after the UK announced sanctions on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Husam Zomlot said he was expecting further measures to follow soon. He said: “I’ve heard directly from the foreign secretary and from the ministers in the foreign office, and from several counterparts, that there will be a new regime for the arms trade, much tighter… much tighter.”Zomlot, who was previously the Palestinian Envoy to the United States, said he believed there had been a shift in priorities since Andy Burnham had replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister.

Here are some other topics Shehab discussed with Ambassador Zomlot:

* Israel’s reaction to the new sanctions

* The UK’s involvement with the Board of Peace

* Britain’s unique role in Palestine’s history

* His personal experience of the genocide.

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Note: This interview was conducted on 9th September.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he landed in the UK and Sir Ed Davey was running the country.

In a wide-ranging interview - the first for ‘The Real Question, with Shehab Khan’ - Sir Ed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said he would enforce the ICC arrest warrant if he was Prime Minister and was critical of the government for not sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank much earlier.Sir Ed, who in 2024 delivered the Liberal Democrats their best result in a century, had previously served as a cabinet minister during the Tory/Lib Dem coalition years and said he hopes to get the Liberal Democrats back in government.

Here are some other topics Shehab pressed Sir Ed on:

* The UK’s future relationship with the European Union.

* The Labour government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action.

* Future coalition agreements that the Liberal Democrats are - and are not - considering.

* His personal experiences of the UK’s social care system.

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