#armssales — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/112799/ Trump and Xi: A Political Chess in Beijing – Trade, Tehran, and Taiwan Tensions #ArmsSales #CEOs #China #EconomicRelations #geopolitical #Iran #Taiwan #Tehran #trade #trump #XiJinping
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One of the best #documentary #filmmakers and #contentcreators
The Disturbing Workd of Jeffrey #Epstein : Lies, #Corruption, #Politics
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XCIBeyTUg&pp=ygUFc3dvb3A%3D
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #FinancialSector #Tech #ArmsSales #Grifting #IranContra #Blackmail #farright #extrêmedroite #Palantir #BillionairesSUCK
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One of the best #documentary #filmmakers and #contentcreators
The Disturbing Workd of Jeffrey #Epstein : Lies, #Corruption, #Politics
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XCIBeyTUg&pp=ygUFc3dvb3A%3D
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #FinancialSector #Tech #ArmsSales #Grifting #IranContra #Blackmail #farright #extrêmedroite #Palantir #BillionairesSUCK
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U.S. Drains Arsenals for Foreign Fronts,Gulf Nations Acquire $17 Billion in Arms
The US is sending billions in weapons to Ukraine and Gulf countries, lowering its own supplies. Find out how this affects US readiness.
#USarms, #UkraineWar, #GulfSecurity, #MilitaryAid, #ArmsSales
https://newsletter.tf/us-sends-billions-in-arms-to-ukraine-gulf/
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The US has sent over 40 HIMARS and hundreds of artillery pieces to Ukraine. This is part of a larger arms deal worth $17 billion to Gulf nations.
#USarms, #UkraineWar, #GulfSecurity, #MilitaryAid, #ArmsSales
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Pappas says Iran conflict changed his view on arms sales
Chris Pappas says Ira…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #2028SummerOlympics #Abortion #AdamSexton #armsale #armssales #breakingnews #ChrisPappas #closeup #Conflict #Corruption #Democrat #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #Iran #IranConflict #Israel #JohnE.Sununu #militaryconflict #NewHampshire #nh #ownnetworth #pappas #Politics #potentialmatchup #question #transgenderwomen #view #Washington #weaponsale #wmur
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/85201/ Pappas says Iran conflict changed his view on arms sales #2028SummerOlympics #abortion #AdamSexton #ArmSale #ArmsSales #ChrisPappas #CloseUp #Conflict #Corruption #democrat #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #Iran #IranConflict #Israel #JohnESununu #MilitaryConflict #NewHampshire #NH #OwnNetWorth #pappas #Politics #PotentialMatchup #question #TransgenderWomen #view #Washington #WeaponSale #WMUR
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Majority of Democratic Senators Support Measures to Restrict Military Sales to Israel
📰 Original title: In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/majority-of-democratic-senators-support-measures-to-restrict-military-sales-to-israel/?redirpost=c763214c-db43-4377-88f4-62bdc8b65456
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Mass Arrests Mark NYC Protest Against US Arms Sales to Israel
Nearly 100 people arrested in NYC Monday during a protest against US arms sales to Israel. Demonstrators including Chelsea Manning demanded senators block bomb sales.
#NYCProtest, #ArmsSales, #ChelseaManning, #BlockTheBombs, #FreePalestine
https://newsletter.tf/nyc-protest-arms-sales-arrests-monday/
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Almost 100 people were arrested during a protest in New York City on Monday. This is a large number of arrests for this type of demonstration.
#NYCProtest, #ArmsSales, #ChelseaManning, #BlockTheBombs, #FreePalestine
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Mass death in Sudan
Terrible events continue to unfold in Sudan. Britain’s role in the supply of weapons
April 2026
While the world is transfixed by the events in the Middle East following the bombing campaign initiated by the US and Israel, terrible misery is inflicted on millions caught up in a long-running war in Sudan. The numbers are huge: tens of thousands killed with mounds of bodies reported in some locations, 8 million displaced in a country with little infrastructure to cope, and an almost uncountable number of women and girts raped. Tens of millions are in need of humanitarian assistance.
The UN reports a tripling of gender based violence much of it unreported because of the stigma and shame attached to the victims. This disaster follows a 2 year siege of Al Fasher by Rapid Support Forces, a rebel group who are successors to the Janjaweed. There are many reports of men executed on the spot by RSF men.
Weapons
The question is how are the RSF getting these weapons to enable them to take on the Sudanese Armed Forces? The story is complex but considerable evidence points to the key supply hub of the UAE being the principle source. Weapons are then filtered through other countries and states including Libya and Uganda. The weapons themselves come from Russia, China, Yemen, Serbia and Türkiye. The supply route is described as ‘unimpeded’ by some observers.
The UK? As is usual with these conflicts, the UK is busy supplying weapons to the UAE despite knowing that some are destined for the RSF to be used for slaughter in the Sudan. CAAT reports that £825m was supplied in the period 2020 – 2024. £421m was suppled since the Sudan war began. They report that the UK government were well aware of the diversions taking place. The British government has been urged to suspend further arms sales to the UAE. This follows a report in the Telegraph.
A Channel 4 report supplies further details – or such details as can be found as the industry is shrouded in secrecy – and they do note that weapons sales to the UAE have diminished. The report ends with the familiar refrain from ministers:
“The UK government told us it has a very strong arms export licensing system in place, and it takes any allegations of diversion of exported weapons to another country very seriously. It said it had reviewed a large number of export licences, and found no evidence of diverted items being linked to existing licences.
“Speaking to Channel 4 News today [25 November 2025], Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “I have deliberately made the issues around Sudan one of the top priorities here in the Foreign Office because this is the worst humanitarian crisis of the twenty-first century.””
Open licences
The problem with Foreign Office statements is the issue of open licences. A rather less sanguine view of the question is provided in a Daily Telegraph article. The FCO is accused of failing to check the onward movement of weapons once they have landed in the UAE: a kind of out of sight out of mind.
The situation in Sudan is dreadful and there is a flow of refugees from the country some of whom end up at Calais. The UK is urged to limit arms sales to UAE and to ensure that such arms as are sold do not find their way to the RSF.
Sources: Amnesty, Guardian, Telegraph, Middle East Eye, CAAT, The Parliament Politics, Channel 4.
Recent posts:
- Violence becomes the message
- Mass death in Sudan
- Israel passes death penalty bill for Palestinians
- Well attended vigil
- Trade Minister a member of Friends of Israel
Photo CNN
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NGOs sue Leonardo, Italy government over arms sales to Israel
Seven civil society groups in Italy brought a lawsuit against the government and the state-controlled defence group Leonardo in late September over arms sales to Israel.
The move comes in a bid to stop weapons being exported from Italy to Israel.
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Russian soldiers fighting disguised as civilians in Pokrovsk -- Why Russia cannot help but invade -- Ukraine strike on Novorossiysk snarls Russian Black Sea oil exports -- What the $105m US-Ukraine Patriot deal actually means ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-20-2025/
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Russian soldiers fighting disguised as civilians in Pokrovsk -- Why Russia cannot help but invade -- Ukraine strike on Novorossiysk snarls Russian Black Sea oil exports -- What the $105m US-Ukraine Patriot deal actually means ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-20-2025/
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Russian soldiers fighting disguised as civilians in Pokrovsk -- Why Russia cannot help but invade -- Ukraine strike on Novorossiysk snarls Russian Black Sea oil exports -- What the $105m US-Ukraine Patriot deal actually means ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-20-2025/
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Russian soldiers fighting disguised as civilians in Pokrovsk -- Why Russia cannot help but invade -- Ukraine strike on Novorossiysk snarls Russian Black Sea oil exports -- What the $105m US-Ukraine Patriot deal actually means ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-20-2025/
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Russian soldiers fighting disguised as civilians in Pokrovsk -- Why Russia cannot help but invade -- Ukraine strike on Novorossiysk snarls Russian Black Sea oil exports -- What the $105m US-Ukraine Patriot deal actually means ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-20-2025/
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"Moog in Wolverhampton was targeted by pro-Palestine activists in August. We can now reveal the company has been exporting aircraft components to Israel’s ministry of defence." https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-aerospace-firm-supplying-israels-defence-ministry/
#engineering #UK #britain #coloniality #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #arms #armsSales #armsTrade #StopArmingIsrael #DefundIsrael #Labour #LabourParty #UKPol #UKPolitics #collusion #imperialism #exports #industry #Moog
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Palestinian state recognised
UK recognises the state of Palestine
September 2025
Today, 21 September, the UK government announces that it is to recognise the state of Palestine. It has joined the majority of countries around the world and joins Canada and Australia who did the same today. The decision has come after months of hesitation and was delayed until after the visit to the UK by President Trump who does not agree with the decision. To an extent, the government’s hand was forced. The disproportionate response to the horrific attack by Hamas on October 7th with the destruction of huge parts of Gaza, a death toll now over 65,000 many or whom are women and children and the deliberate introduction of siege conditions leading to more deaths by starvation, has left the government little option but to take action. Public opinion has also been a factor and the images of emaciated children has horrified many.
Britain’s decision is more than symbolic since the 1917 Balfour Declaration was instrumental in the creation of the state of Israel. The declaration was vague however since although it recognised that Arabs and Palestinians already lived there and said ‘nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine‘ it made no provision for protecting their claims or rights.
Some argue this is symbolic since with American support and ever increasing violence by settlers in the West Bank, the prospects of an actual state on the ground are receding. Some suggest that this means the conditions for statehood as set out in the 1933 Montevideo convention are not achievable. The Israeli government has rejected the decision saying ‘it categorically rejects the one-sided declaration of a Palestinian state by the UK and some other countries.’ It claims the decision does not promote peace. A spokesman for the British Board of Deputies interviewed on the BBC was critical of the decision and said it would cause deep dismay across the Jewish community in the UK. It says it is a reward for Hamas violence.
Implications
What are the implications? It will take some while for the implications to percolate through the claims and counter claims of the various political interests. It will enable the Palestinians to open an Embassy in the UK which will improve their status. It will enjoy diplomatic rights which will be significant. Up until recently, the Israelis have enjoyed almost uncritical support from governments but its continued violence in the West Bank and Gaza is seeing that support melt away.
It is unlikely to bring a peace deal any closer. Wars end because a kind of exhaustion sets in and the population goes weary of war-time restrictions and the loss of soldiers. This shows no sign of applying in Israel. Seemingly limitless weapons supplies from America and a huge military advantage in weapons and materiel mean any exhaustion is a long way off. IDF deaths are modest 464 [Jewish News Syndicate, 18 September]. The far right members of the Knesset such as Bezalel Smotrich see Gaza as a ‘property bonanza’ and claim the ‘demolition phase is over’.
Recognition will make it harder for the UK government to continue its support of Israel – open and covert – with RAF overflights for example, and ignore the plight of the Palestinians. It may even see some more robust reporting from the BBC whose lamentable performance has slowly begun to change.
Amnesty has said it is a ‘hollow gesture’ and without meaningful action to end the genocide, end violence in the West Bank and ending the Apartheid system against the Palestinian people. Real action needs to be taken to end arms sales and divest from companies which continue to sell arms to Israel. A report by CAAT sets out the details of arms export to Israel.
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The Capitalist Genocide Against Palestinians
https://www.instagram.com/p/DM74pVUhlGS/
“Today, in one of the small parts of this land, the capitalist system is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. We cannot forget, we cannot set aside,” said the spokesperson and leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Mexico.
#ELZN #CapitalistGenocide #Gaza #Profit #MassMurder #Israel #West #ArmsSales #Zapatista #Mexico
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Criminals At Large
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1y7ARGcL6T0
Activists posted “wanted for fueling genocide” posters of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Westminster Underground, blaming them for their complicity in genocide in Gaza. The UK government continues to export arms to Israel.
#UK #Criminals #Starmer #Lammy #Westminster #Complicity #Genocide #ArmsSales
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#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #armsindustry / #armssales / #doublestandards
„The exports show how Israel is pursuing new markets as its forces battle on multiple fronts.
Israel sold more weapons to other countries in 2024 than ever, government officials said on Wednesday, even as it fought on multiple fronts in the longest war in its history.
Israeli producers signed contracts to export about $14.8 billion in weapons last year (…).“ -
🇺🇸 US | 🇹🇼 TAIWAN
🔴 Trump Plans Surge in Taiwan Arms Sales🔸 Trump aims to exceed his first-term $18.65B arms sales to Taiwan over next 4 years.
🔸 Upcoming packages to focus on missiles, munitions, and drones.
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#spain #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #foreignpolicy / #armssales / #doublestandards
„Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska defended a multi-million-euro Israeli ammunition deal before lawmakers on Wednesday, despite Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s earlier pledge to halt arms sales to Israel.“
See also:
„Spain’s Sánchez turns to Arab world for UN Gaza push“
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/spains-sanchez-turns-to-arab-world-for-un-gaza-push/ -
This sounds promising.
#Skwawkbox | Corbyn introduces bill for independent inquiry into UK’s collaboration in Gaza genocide
"Former Labour leader Jeremy #Corbyn has brought forward a ‘ten minute rule’ motion to Parliament for a full, independent and public inquiry into the UK government’s collaboration in Israel’s genocidal slaughter, maiming and starvation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians and its endless war crimes and crimes against humanity."
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More chance of Elon going to Mars, he's not one for turning.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-israel-keir-starmer-ban-arms-sales-netanyahu-labour-party-uk/
#KeirStarmer #Starmer #Netanyahu #ArmsSales #UKPOL #UKpolitics #UKPOLITICS
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Appeal case – arms to Israel
Update on the case from Amnesty and Human Rights Watch
May 2025
Amnesty has issued an update on this case which is currently before the Appeal Court. There is a video clip attached.
See also a post from Human Rights Watch;
“How could they have allowed that to happen? This is the question everyone asks, years later, when looking back at mass atrocity crimes in the past. Everything’s so clear when it’s described in history books – war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide…
It’s not that these things aren’t clear at the time exactly. In fact, in recent decades, they have often been well-documented in excruciating detail more or less as they happen. Yet, somehow, when these things are unfolding in real time, some folks seem unable – maybe, more often, unwilling – to accept the evidence of their eyes and ears. Various considerations distract international leaders in particular: prejudices, alliances, politics…
There can never be any justification for the worst kinds of crimes known to humanity, but that doesn’t keep leaders from trying to offer some. And with that, you move toward the future answer to the future question: The world at the time had leaders who refused to take a stand and defend humanity when it mattered most.
Today, everyone can see Israel has been committing atrocities in Gaza during hostilities since October 7, 2023. We’ve seen systematic destruction of homes, apartment buildings, orchards and fields, schools, hospitals, and water and sanitation facilities. Israel has also openly used starvation as a weapon of war.
These actions amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity including extermination, and acts of genocide. Now, the Israeli government’s latest plan has made its intentions even clearer. They want to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population (about 2 million people) into one tiny area.
Israeli government ministers couldn’t make things any more obvious. They say Israel is “finally going to conquer the Gaza Strip.” They threaten that Gaza will be “completely destroyed” and say its Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third countries.”
Some Israeli officials say the Palestinian exodus will be “voluntary.” However, it’s hard to call it voluntary, when Israel has deliberately destroyed the area’s ability to sustain human life.
If implemented, the plan would amount to an abhorrent escalation of extermination. In fact, Israel’s plan is so obviously extreme and has been made so extremely obvious, it should trigger international action under the Genocide Convention’s “duty to prevent.”
The 1948 Genocide Convention is an international agreement that embodies the spirit of “never again.” It says a “duty to prevent” genocide arises as soon as a state learns, or should normally have learned, of a serious risk that genocide may be committed. One hundred and fifty-three countries have signed up to the Convention. These include the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Yet, these are some of the very countries that have been supporting the government of Israel most throughout its carnage in Gaza, not least by continuing to provide Israel with weapons even after the atrocities were undeniable.
Israel’s latest plan should finally, at long last, shake London, Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and Washington to their core. It should make them see beyond everyday politics, to their responsibility to humanity and history – and to their legal obligation to act.
Without that, the question one day may indeed be, “How could they have allowed that to happen?” And everyone will know the answer.” Human Rights Watch
May 15th
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Arms trade news
Grim reading in Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s latest newsletter
May 2025
The CAAT Newsletter (Spring 2025, Issue 272) has details of what’s happening in the world of arms sales a world in which the UK is a big player. Our previous post discussed the continuing sale of arms to Israel which is subject to an Appeal Court hearing starting on 13th. Also we mentioned the role of the RAF in carrying out hundreds of flights over Gaza and quite what is being done with the information gleaned is not revealed.
Arms sales are important for several reasons. Weapons have an enormous capacity to do great harm in the wrong hands. Governments need to exert great control over licensing to ensure that arms do not fall into such hands. British governments are frequently to be heard claiming it exercises ‘robust’ controls. It is doubtful that this is the case and CAAT have often noted the considerable use of open licences which means little effective control exists.
The current Labour government has a policy of growth which seems to dominate thinking. As the court case will reveal, and papers have already revealed, this seems to trump considerations of human rights. CAAT News has the following examples:
- The Defence Secretary has held meetings with counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Turkey to discuss opportunities for expanding military cooperation which is likely to involve arms sales. Both countries have woeful human rights records. Saudi has a full array of violations including public executions, use of torture, restrictions on women’s rights and repression of any opposition or free speech. Turkey has carried out baseless prosecutions against journalists, human rights defenders and opposition leaders, thousands of whom are in gaol.
- Eurofighter sales – which the UK co-produces – are planned for Qatar and Turkey. The latter is involved in bombing Kurdish groups in its own country and Iraq. Qatar is another repressive Gulf state and is highly corrupt.
- We have noted before the question of the Revolving Door where politicians, ministers, senior civil servants and military personnel leave their posts and head off for lucrative appointments/directorships/consultancies with arms firms. It is an open invitation for corruption and the ACOBA system seems powerless to stop it. The Aerospace, Defence and Security Group, (ADS) the trade body for the defence industry representing all of the major arms makers, holds an annual dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in which, in the words of CAAT ‘The dinner’s purpose is to introduce them to one another and allow them to schmooze and entertain their powerful friends from Parliament and the Civil Service‘ … These kinds of dinners are where relationships are formed and built and where the next round of arms deals are made, over fine food and wines.’
- And it doesn’t end there. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) resumes in September at the ExCel Centre in London. This may be the largest such exhibition in the world. It is popular because the UK government invites representatives from a wide range of countries including those with appalling human rights records, some even on its own watch list. The thousands of attendees will be met by ‘a cast of compliant senior civil servants and politicians on hand to make sure things run smoothly’ (CAAT).
- … or even there because the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre is to host Security and Policing run by the Home Office. Again, a range of countries with dreadful human rights are cordially invited to view the latest in surveillance, tear gas and ammunition. Journalists are banned. Britain seems happy to be host to regimes who use this equipment to repress and intimidate oppositions, journalists or human rights people.
Growth or rights?
The government seems keen to actively support these activities and to do all it can to promote arms and surveillance equipment to repressive regimes. It does this while piously claiming that:
This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both at home and abroad. We are committed to the international human rights framework and the important role that multilateral organisations like the Council of Europe play in upholding it. (Ministry of Justice, November 2024, ref: CP 1192)
It is hard to square the multi-level activities to promote arms sales and in the process currying favour with some of the world’s worst regimes, with their stated desire to be upholders of human rights and the wellbeing of those at the end of it all. While politicians, civil servants, military brass and ministers ‘schmooze’ with the arms manufacturers in expensive London hotels, it may be hard for them to empathise with those who have been bombed, starved, driven from their homes or incarcerated, tortured or executed for no reason. All facilitated by the weapons and equipment they so admire whilst quaffing the Bollinger. Is it growth above all else?
Sources include: CAAT, The Canary, Amnesty
#armsFair #armsSales #CAAT #DSEI #Farnborough #government #PoliceAndSecurity #revolvingDoor
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High Court to decide on arms to Israel
The appeal is to be heard on May 13
May 2025
The appeal against the government’s decision to continue to supplying Israel with arms – and in particular, components for the F-35 – will be heard in the High Court starting on May 13th. The government is in something of a bind. The actions by Israel in Gaza are widely deplored and many contend amount to a war crime and genocide. But to offend the Americans by curtailing supplies of components for the F-35 used in Gaza is almost unthinkable for the government desperate as it is to curry favour with the Americans.
The action is being brought by Al Haq a human rights organisation based in Ramallah, and Global Legal Action Network consisting of lawyers and investigators which identifies and pursues legal actions against those involved in human rights violations. They have been joined by Amnesty, Oxfam GB and Human Rights Watch.
The latest edition of Campaign Against the Arms Trade (Issue 272, Spring 2025) discusses the issue of continuing military aid to Israel. It notes that ‘even our government has been forced to admit that is assesses Israel is not committed to complying with International Humanitarian Law‘. The case will be the biggest legal test of UK exports to Israel to date. They highlight an article in the Guardian by a former Foreign Office diplomat who described continued attempts by ministers to stonewall or play down evidence of what is happening in Gaza.
Over 52,000 have now been killed in the conflict. There are now reports of 57 deaths due to malnutrition mainly of children, the sick or the elderly. No aid is allowed in including food and necessary medical supplies. This has been the case now for over 60 days. Aid agencies stocks are depleted. A gloomy picture is painted on the situation in Haaretz.
We will follow the court case with great interest.
In addition to the supply of arms, there is the question of involvement of the RAF which has carried out over 250 overflights of Gaza (Declassified says 500). The chief of defence staff, Sir Tony Radakin was asked by a reporter from Declassified whether the RAF’s activities meant they were participating in Israel’s operations in Gaza? Answer came there none. They are not alone and the article reports that backbench MPs have sought answers without success. It is disturbing that the RAF are seemingly deeply involved in what is happening.
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#australia #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #armsindustry / #armssales
„The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is actually just one of a few that were sold by the Canberra-based company Electro Optic Systems (#EOS) and sent through its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary to Israel, Declassified Australia can reveal.“
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/29/confirmed-australian-weapons-sold-to-israel/
