Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel patron quits, says Starmer right to suspend arms exports

An influential patron of a pro-Israel legal advocacy group seeking to challenge the UK government’s decision to suspend some arms exports to Israel has resigned from the organisation and said he supports the partial ban.

Lord Carlile, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, told MEE he had resigned as a patron of UK Lawyers for Israel but had no further comment.

Writing for the Independent website on Monday, Lord Carlile said that the decision by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to suspend 30 export licences was the right one.

Carlile also accused the previous foreign secretary, David Cameron, of sitting on the same legal advice relied on by his successor, David Lammy, since February.

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UK Lawyers for Israel patron quits, says Starmer right to suspend arms exports