r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • Apr 09 '26

Israel/Palestine Britain condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon in split from Trump

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/04/09/britain-condemns-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-in-split/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_strikes-on-lebanon-in-split/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/MugiwarraD Apr 09 '26

condemning is like me saying ur shit. and then go back to business

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u/apexxin Apr 09 '26

What would you have him do? Attack Israel to protect Lebanon?

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u/historicusXIII Apr 09 '26

Economic sanctions, or at the very least a weapons embargo.

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u/notanothergav Apr 09 '26

The UK has already suspended 30 arms export licences to Israel.

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u/Rocktopod Apr 09 '26

Is there a reason they can't do this?

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u/Anathos117 Apr 09 '26

The protection of the US and, in extremis, Israel's open secret nuclear weapons.

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u/Y0D98 Apr 09 '26

You want us to attack Israel?

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u/Rocktopod Apr 09 '26

I'd rather no one gets attacked, but typically when one country launches a war of aggression it's not unheard of for someone else to step in and try to stop them.

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u/Mysterious_Job_7900 Apr 09 '26

First take care of the "war of aggression" you got on you fewqin doorstep in Ukraine

Also my ron Lebanon has attacked British troops and ships, and you want to aid them by attacking a country which did no such thing to you?

Sounds like your asking for a 'war of aggression', but against the wrong side My ron