MP for Somerton and Frome, David Heath, has called for an embargo on the sale of arms to Israel and an end to the favoured-nation status that Israel enjoys with the European Union.
Speaking in Nunney, where he received a petition containing several hundred signatures collected by members of Frome Friends of Palestine, he condemned Israel’s carnage in Gaza and called for Britain to play a leading role in introducing Europe-wide sanctions to bring about change.
David Heath said, “Israel’s actions are incompatible with our shared assumptions about respect for human life.”