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Special relationship at risk if UK bans arms sales to Israel, says Trump adviser
Robert O’Brien says UK could face US counter-embargos and put its role in F-35 fighter jet project in danger
Labour risks a serious rift in the UK’s special relationship with the US if it goes ahead with a ban on arms sales to Israel, Donald Trump’s last national security adviser has warned.
Robert O’Brien, still one of the key security voices in the Trump circle, said the UK was endangering its future role in the F-35 project as well as facing the risk of US congressional counter-embargos. The F-35 fighter jets are made in part by British arms firms and are used by Israel’s air force as part of its bombing of Gaza.
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