(Mirror - UK) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has cracked down on arms sales to Israel to head off a rebellion by Labour MPs. A secret memo from the Government's Export Control Director states: "The outbreak of the intifada, the continued Israeli incursions in the Occupied Territories and the breach of Israel's assurance that UK originated equipment would not be used in the Occupied Territories have all been factored into the Government's current export licensing policy. As a result, we have not approved licences for equipment that would have been licensed before." One of the first casualties is an application from a British firm to export ejector seats for Israeli warplanes.
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