There is growing domestic political pressure on the UK government to take a firmer line with Israel over the nearly 11-month-long conflict in Gaza. Despite a landslide election win, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's party suffered significant setbacks in areas with large Muslim populations
The government's decision to approve export licences to sell weapons in Israel has been an emotive issue since the start of Israel's Gaza offensive
The British government's announcement came after Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq and the UK-based Global Legal Action Network filed a legal challenge aimed at forcing the UK to stop granting any licences for arms exports to Israel
The case has yet to go to a full court hearing
Faith based voting becoming a real and disturbing problem in Western countries including here in Australia
