Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers. Actors, musicians, activists and other public figures wrote the letter calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “end the UK’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza”.

British-Albanian pop sensation Lipa has been vocal about the war on Gaza and last year criticised Israel’s offensive as a “genocide”. Israel has repeatedly denied allegations of genocide and says its campaign intends to crush Hamas following the October 2023 attack. Other signatories include actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton and Riz Ahmed, and musicians Paloma Faith, Annie Lennox and Massive Attack.

“You can’t call it ‘intolerable’ and keep sending arms,” read the letter to Labour leader Starmer, organised by Choose Love, a UK-based humanitarian aid and refugee advocacy charity. Signatories urged the UK to ensure “full humanitarian access across Gaza”, broker an “immediate and permanent ceasefire”, and “immediately suspend” all arms sales to Israel.