# Declassified files show UK knew of Israeli war crimes for 24 years

https://mins.news/en/item/55131

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-11 19:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/11/declassified-documents-show-uk-aware-of-israeli-war-crimes-for-24-years?traffic_source=rss

> Declassified UK Foreign Office files show British officials warned in 2002 of a pattern of human rights abuses by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The records say Tony Blair’s government briefly halted arms exports to Israel, while later British governments took progressively weaker action as Israeli violence escalated.

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