UK-Israel trade – valued at over £5 billion in 2024 and facilitated by a trade deal – is supporting Israel’s apartheid regime and genocide of the Palestinian people.
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has killed over 61,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, attacked health services and other life-sustaining infrastructure, and blocked much-needed aid. Israel has purposely cut off Palestinians’ access to food and clean water – a war crime under international law – causing widespread starvation and disease.
In January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel could plausibly be committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people. Under international law, the UK and other countries must take urgent action to stop the genocide. So far, the UK has not complied – and continues to be complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people.
In May 2025, the UK Government finally took a step in the right direction by meeting our demand to suspend talks for a new UK-Israel trade deal.
But this does nothing to stop current UK-Israel trade – valued at £5 billion in 2024 – which provides resources for Israel’s genocide, 57-year occupation and apartheid regime.
Demand that your MP calls on the UK government to:
— Suspend the current UK-Israel trade deal;
— Stop the UK-Israel trade in arms and related technology;
— Stop importing goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
