There is no moral argument that justifies the sale of weapons to Israel | Mary Lawlor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Any claims of Israeli self-defense in reaction to Hamas's illegal, immoral and appalling attacks on 7 October - which, according to the UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, likely included horrific acts of sexual violence - have long since been invalidated by the disproportionality of the response.
54% : During my work as the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Palestinian human rights defenders have emphasized to me the importance of a ban being placed on such sales, given that Israel has demonstrated time and again that it will use such weapons indiscriminately against Palestinians.
45% : We further noted that more than 122 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, according to UN reports.

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