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"...#UK / British Foreign Office diplomat Mark Smith resigns over Israel arms sales

Mark Smith, a British diplomat who worked on counter-terrorism at the Foreign Office, has resigned in protest over the UK government's arms sales to Israel.

In his resignation letter, he expressed concerns that the UK may be complicit in war crimes and said he had previously raised these issues through official channels but received no meaningful response.

Smith stated that there is no justification for continued arms sales to #Israel, given its repeated breaches of international humanitarian law..."