Haviv Rettig Gur
We fought '48 under an American arms embargo, lost French support in the 60s and saw the American arms we needed in '73 delayed as our forces were pummeled. These challenges didn't stop us from fighting, they just raised the costs of the fight - both for us and for our enemies.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis
It beggars belief that the British government, a close strategic ally of Israel, has announced a partial suspension of arms licences, at a time when Israel is fighting a war for its very survival on seven fronts forced upon it on the 7th October, and at the very moment when six