More than 130 parliamentarians in the United Kingdom have urged the government to immediately suspend export licenses for arms transfers to Israel.

In a letter — coordinated by Labour MP Zarah Sultana — the group of cross-party legislators noted instances in 2009 and 2014 when the UK government halted or threatened to suspend weapons exports, and said, “Today, the scale of violence committed by the Israeli military is vastly more deadly, but the government has failed to act.”

The letter was signed by 107 MPs from the Labour, Scottish National, Green and Liberal Democratic parties, as well as 27 members of the House of Lords.

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