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UK Government Defends Supplying Fighter Jet Parts to Israel
(AFP) The UK government Thursday defended supplying F-35 jet components to Israel in response to rights groups that took the government to the High Court over the issue. Government lawyer James Eadie said the UK's trade department had acted lawfully and that suspending the export licenses would have affected a wider international F-35 program, resulting in "extremely serious risks to the UK and international security." He added the court was not placed to rule on the legality of Israel's actions in Gaza, and that attempting to do so could have a "potentially deleterious" effect on "foreign relations with a friendly state, namely Israel."