FILE - Multiple systems are seen on display at Israeli defence company IAI's stand at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair at the ExCeL centre, in east London. AFP
The Royal College of Defence Studies, which is overseen by the defence ministry, will bar Israeli students from next year, according to The Times and Telegraph newspapers.
The post-graduate college part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom offers training for "strategic thinkers and leaders within the armed forces and civil service", according to its website, with international students allowed to study specific courses.
A UK Ministry of Defence official in June confirmed to parliament that the college was providing "non-combat academic courses" to "fewer than five" members of the Israeli occupation army.
Amir Baram, the director general of Israel's defence ministry who studied at the college, claimed the decision was a "discriminatory act" and "disloyalty to an ally at war".
Britain has suspended some arms export licences to Israel for weapons used in Gaza, but some UK-made parts, such as components for Israeli F-35 warplanes, were exempt.
Last week, Israeli officials were banned from attending a major arms fair in London as Prime Minister Keir Starmer tries to put some distance between his government and Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
However, 51 Israeli weapons companies still attended the show, including major arms manufacturer Elbit, prompting a pro-Palestinian protest outside the exhibition.
London has slammed Israel's latest push to escalate its nearly two-year-long aggression on Gaza as "wrong".
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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