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<p>The UK recognises the right of British nationals with more than one nationality
to serve in the legitimately recognised armed forces of their additional nationalities.
This includes the Israel Defence Force.</p><p>With respect to the current conflict
in Gaza, Section 4 of the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 makes it an offence for a British
subject to enlist in the military of a foreign state at war with another foreign state
with which the UK is at peace. That prohibition does not extend, however, to enlistment
in a foreign government's forces which are engaged in a civil war or combating terrorism
or internal uprisings. The Occupied Palestinian Territories are not currently recognised
as a state by the UK. The 1870 Act therefore does not apply in this instance.</p>
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