00:00We've always said and we believe that Israel has an absolute right to defend itself but
00:07within international law.
00:10And the Foreign Secretary took advice, as he said he would, on whether there was a risk
00:16that British arms sales would be used in breach of international law.
00:22That's why he made the decision he did to ban the export of some arms to Israel.
00:30I think people across Britain will think we're right to say Israel has a right to defend
00:34itself.
00:36We are also right, as a government, to say that all countries we deal with must uphold
00:42international law and that's the position that we've taken.
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