BYM warns UK on arm sales to Israel

BYM highlighted Britain’s ‘past actions’ in the Balfour Declaration and as colonial ruler in Palestine from 1920 to 1948.

by Rebecca Hardy 3rd October 2025

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) welcomed the UK government’s ‘long overdue’ recognition of the State of Palestine last month, but said it does nothing to ‘absolve the UK of its legal and moral obligations’ to end its ‘complicity’ in the Israeli occupation.