Former prime minister says a western arms embargo on Israel would ‘hand victory’ to Hamas
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Boris Johnson has said banning arms sales to Israel would be “insane”.
The former prime minister also criticised the foreign secretary, David Cameron, for remaining silent on the debate over curtailing UK arms sales to Israel.
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