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Podcast Episode: From Gaza to Yemen: How UK Arms Exports Fuel Endless War
Pip: If you’ve ever wondered why British arms keep flowing to conflict zones despite mountains of evidence of civilian harm, welland2 has spent considerable effort mapping the answer — and it turns out “political cowardice, greed, and some perverse thinking” covers a lot of ground.
Mara: This episode follows that investigation closely — the machinery behind UK arms exports, the seven structural reasons those exports continue, and what it means for Gaza, Yemen, and British credibility on the world stage. Let’s start with how those exports get justified, and why they keep surviving scrutiny.
From Gaza to Yemen: Why UK Arms Sales Keep Flowing
Pip: The central question here is not whether harm is happening — the evidence on civilian deaths, destroyed hospitals, and ethnic cleansing is described as copious — but why successive governments, across both main parties, have worked so hard to keep the arms flowing anyway.
Mara: The post lays out the official reasoning and then dismantles it. On the pattern of civilian harm, it quotes directly: “a few incidents do not a pattern make, and the motives of those doing the killing cannot be known.”
Pip: That framing — we can’t know why they’re bombing the hospital — is doing a lot of work for a lot of arms licenses. The post calls the overall picture, plainly, lying.
Mara: Seven structural reasons are offered. Economics comes first: around 300,000 people are employed in the sector, many in marginal constituencies. But York University studies are cited showing the net economic value is nowhere near the headline figures once corporate welfare is factored in.
Pip: So the jobs argument is itself propped up by subsidies. The revolving door compounds it — 604 individuals moved from ministry or military roles into arms firms between January 2017 and June 2022, with CAAT describing it as “open office” corruption.
Mara: The post also identifies the F-35 issue as a sovereignty problem in plain sight. British-made components go into weapons used over Gaza and Lebanon, but the claim is they can’t be tracked — which the post calls an insult, given that goods are routinely tracked electronically. The real reason, it argues, is unwillingness to confront Washington.
Pip: Sovereignty reclaimed from Brussels, surrendered quietly to the Pentagon.
Mara: Fear of the antisemitism label is named as another factor — described as having percolated into media coverage, with the BBC reporting cited for double standards on language around hostages and prisoners. And roughly 150 MPs hold membership in Friends of Israel groups, raising direct questions about impartiality on arms votes.
Mara: The conclusion is direct: “It is a cover for political cowardice, greed and some perverse thinking around supporting Israel and the arms industry generally.” Yemen is named alongside Gaza — years of bombing, a massive death toll, and nothing resolved.
Pip: And the same pattern — unqualified support for Saudi strikes on civilian targets — repeated without apparent reflection.
Mara: The post ends by arguing that arming a regime conducting ethnic cleansing only postpones a reckoning, and that Britain’s role should be supporting dialogue and a viable Palestinian state — a commitment the UK has now formally made. The gap between that commitment and current arms policy is the political failure the piece is naming.
Pip: The stakes don’t get much higher than “destroys any hope born of the post-war Universal Declaration.” That’s where we land.
Mara: The through-line across all of this is the distance between stated values and actual policy — and the structural forces that keep that distance in place.
Pip: Next time, presumably, we find out whether any of those structures have shifted. The evidence so far suggests they are slow movers.
#HumanRights #ArmsTrade #CAAT #corruption #Gaza -
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/9722/ UK’s new Israel sanctions haven’t suspended any weapons transfers #CAAT #CommonDreams #IranWar #IsraelWeapons #MiddleEast #MilitaryWeapons #UKArmsSales #UKIsraelArms #YemenCivilWar
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Shocking report accuses government of ‘lying’
CAAT report describes how governments have continued supplying arms despite evidence of war crimes
September 2026
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade have just published a report called Dead Letter in which it details successive government’s determination to continue to supply arms despite mounting evidence of mass killing and war crimes. Reading the report it is difficult to believe we have governments with any semblance of integrity or humanity.
CAAT and other human rights agencies including Amnesty, have made various attempts to challenge the government but the legal process has been sadly and woefully insufficient to force them to change their ways. We have documented over several years the UK’s involvement in Yemen and more recently, Gaza and described the horrific death tolls which have taken place in both theatres.
Yemen
Up to the end of 2021, around 377,000 died in Yemen. The Saudis attacked population areas including hospitals, mosques, public gatherings, and food, water, energy and transport infra-structure. Few of these had a military objective. Despite copious evidence from a range of human rights organisations, the UN and observers on the ground the government claimed ‘it had not found evidence of International Human Rights non compliance‘. It relied solely on the evidence produced by the Saudis’ own Joint Incident Assessment Team which unsurprisingly, found nothing wrong. All other evidence was ignored.
Further, they argued that a small number of incidents did not represent a pattern despite the huge number of raids and the resulting death toll. British companies and the RAF were directly involved in the destruction.
Gaza
A similar pattern of behaviour was evident in Gaza. Here, despite the massive destruction of property in the territory, the policy of NAZA which involves bombing an entire apartment block in order to kill one suspected Hamas operative, the government steadfastly continued to supply arms to Israel. Their arguments here were specious beyond belief. Despite knowing of the destruction and killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians, they claimed they did not have sufficient information as to why the IDF and therefore could not conclude that it was a breach of IHL. This despite copious statements by senior Israeli politicians making it plain they were seeking the destruction of Palestinians.
Webinar
CAAT organised a webinar on 24th September which speakers from Mwatana and Shadow World Investigations discussed the report and its implications. An additional aspect is the ‘revolving door’ where senior military personnel, civil servants from the MoD and some politicians, take up lucrative directorships or consultancies when they retire. This thoroughly unsatisfactory and corrupt system goes a long way to explaining the almost desperate desire of governments to do almost anything to continue selling arms despite the terrible consequences of doing so.
It has had an effect on our politics in the UK. So desperate are the government that our democracy is being subverted. Protestors are arrested and the freedom of association is being curbed. Just reflect that our government is busy selling arms which cause terrible destruction and do not seem to achieve any tangible benefits for anyone at all (belligerents included) yet it is protestors who are arrested and accused of terrorism. Even the judicial process is corrupted by altering charges after sentence had been passed.
Special contempt was reserved for Sir Keir Starmer and his dreadful statement on the cutting off of food, water and power to Gaza. The Channel 4 Despatches programme aired on 24th, discusses the same issues focusing mostly on Gaza. It has obtained a mass of internal Foreign Office documentation showing that the government well knew what was happening but chose to look the other way. David Cameron comes off particularly badly.
Political process
The report is a must read and sets out in detail the extent to which our politics have been corrupted by the arms trade. The problem is that both main parties are involved so that there is no proper scrutiny. Recent events and statements by Ed Miliband are encouraging as far as they go but such are the tentacles of corruption whether real change will take place remains to be seen.
However, one is left with the question: why do our politicians twist themselves into such contortions to defend the indefensible?
Image prepared by AI
- Shocking report accuses government of ‘lying’
- Political Friends of Israel
- Well attended vigil
- Group minutes and newsletter
- Privacy Concerns: Government Access to Personal Data in the UK
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Shocking report accuses government of ‘lying’
CAAT report describes how governments have continued supplying arms despite evidence of war crimes
September 2026
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade have just published a report called Dead Letter in which it details successive government’s determination to continue to supply arms despite mounting evidence of mass killing and war crimes. Reading the report it is difficult to believe we have governments with any semblance of integrity or humanity.
CAAT and other human rights agencies including Amnesty, have made various attempts to challenge the government but the legal process has been sadly and woefully insufficient to force them to change their ways. We have documented over several years the UK’s involvement in Yemen and more recently, Gaza and described the horrific death tolls which have taken place in both theatres.
Yemen
Up to the end of 2021, around 377,000 died in Yemen. The Saudis attacked population areas including hospitals, mosques, public gatherings, and food, water, energy and transport infra-structure. Few of these had a military objective. Despite copious evidence from a range of human rights organisations, the UN and observers on the ground the government claimed ‘it had not found evidence of International Human Rights non compliance‘. It relied solely on the evidence produced by the Saudis’ own Joint Incident Assessment Team which unsurprisingly, found nothing wrong. All other evidence was ignored.
Further, they argued that a small number of incidents did not represent a pattern despite the huge number of raids and the resulting death toll. British companies and the RAF were directly involved in the destruction.
Gaza
A similar pattern of behaviour was evident in Gaza. Here, despite the massive destruction of property in the territory, the policy of NAZA which involves bombing an entire apartment block in order to kill one suspected Hamas operative, the government steadfastly continued to supply arms to Israel. Their arguments here were specious beyond belief. Despite knowing of the destruction and killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians, they claimed they did not have sufficient information as to why the IDF and therefore could not conclude that it was a breach of IHL. This despite copious statements by senior Israeli politicians making it plain they were seeking the destruction of Palestinians.
Webinar
CAAT organised a webinar on 24th September which speakers from Mwatana and Shadow World Investigations discussed the report and its implications. An additional aspect is the ‘revolving door’ where senior military personnel, civil servants from the MoD and some politicians, take up lucrative directorships or consultancies when they retire. This thoroughly unsatisfactory and corrupt system goes a long way to explaining the almost desperate desire of governments to do almost anything to continue selling arms despite the terrible consequences of doing so.
It has had an effect on our politics in the UK. So desperate are the government that our democracy is being subverted. Protestors are arrested and the freedom of association is being curbed. Just reflect that our government is busy selling arms which cause terrible destruction and do not seem to achieve any tangible benefits for anyone at all (belligerents included) yet it is protestors who are arrested and accused of terrorism. Even the judicial process is corrupted by altering charges after sentence had been passed.
Special contempt was reserved for Sir Keir Starmer and his dreadful statement on the cutting off of food, water and power to Gaza. The Channel 4 Despatches programme aired on 24th, discusses the same issues focusing mostly on Gaza. It has obtained a mass of internal Foreign Office documentation showing that the government well knew what was happening but chose to look the other way. David Cameron comes off particularly badly.
Political process
The report is a must read and sets out in detail the extent to which our politics have been corrupted by the arms trade. The problem is that both main parties are involved so that there is no proper scrutiny. Recent events and statements by Ed Miliband are encouraging as far as they go but such are the tentacles of corruption whether real change will take place remains to be seen.
However, one is left with the question: why do our politicians twist themselves into such contortions to defend the indefensible?
Image prepared by AI
- Shocking report accuses government of ‘lying’
- Political Friends of Israel
- Well attended vigil
- Group minutes and newsletter
- Privacy Concerns: Government Access to Personal Data in the UK
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“ISRAELI ARMS FIRMS THREATEN JOURNALISTS AT UK AIRSHOW”
by Phil Miller, Alex Morris and Hannah Johara Dokal in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews“Amid the Gaza genocide, Farnborough airshow invited Israel’s three largest arms firms. None wanted media scrutiny”
[..]
“One [Israel Arrospace Industries] #IAI security guard followed Declassified and demanded to see our media passes so he could ‘report us to the police’.
Facial recognition software indicates that the security guard, who was not displaying his own pass, resembles a man who has worked for Israel’s version of MI5, the Shin#Bet”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-arms-firms-threaten-journalists-at-uk-airshow/
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Farnborough #Airshow #Elbit #ElbitSystems #Rafael #BattleTested #Israel #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #CAAT
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“ISRAELI ARMS FIRMS THREATEN JOURNALISTS AT UK AIRSHOW”
by Phil Miller, Alex Morris and Hannah Johara Dokal in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews“Amid the Gaza genocide, Farnborough airshow invited Israel’s three largest arms firms. None wanted media scrutiny”
[..]
“One [Israel Arrospace Industries] #IAI security guard followed Declassified and demanded to see our media passes so he could ‘report us to the police’.
Facial recognition software indicates that the security guard, who was not displaying his own pass, resembles a man who has worked for Israel’s version of MI5, the Shin#Bet”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-arms-firms-threaten-journalists-at-uk-airshow/
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Farnborough #Airshow #Elbit #ElbitSystems #Rafael #BattleTested #Israel #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #CAAT
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“ISRAELI ARMS FIRMS THREATEN JOURNALISTS AT UK AIRSHOW”
by Phil Miller, Alex Morris and Hannah Johara Dokal in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews“Amid the Gaza genocide, Farnborough airshow invited Israel’s three largest arms firms. None wanted media scrutiny”
[..]
“One [Israel Arrospace Industries] #IAI security guard followed Declassified and demanded to see our media passes so he could ‘report us to the police’.
Facial recognition software indicates that the security guard, who was not displaying his own pass, resembles a man who has worked for Israel’s version of MI5, the Shin#Bet”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-arms-firms-threaten-journalists-at-uk-airshow/
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Farnborough #Airshow #Elbit #ElbitSystems #Rafael #BattleTested #Israel #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #CAAT
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“ISRAELI ARMS FIRMS THREATEN JOURNALISTS AT UK AIRSHOW”
by Phil Miller, Alex Morris and Hannah Johara Dokal in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews“Amid the Gaza genocide, Farnborough airshow invited Israel’s three largest arms firms. None wanted media scrutiny”
[..]
“One [Israel Arrospace Industries] #IAI security guard followed Declassified and demanded to see our media passes so he could ‘report us to the police’.
Facial recognition software indicates that the security guard, who was not displaying his own pass, resembles a man who has worked for Israel’s version of MI5, the Shin#Bet”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-arms-firms-threaten-journalists-at-uk-airshow/
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Farnborough #Airshow #Elbit #ElbitSystems #Rafael #BattleTested #Israel #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #CAAT
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#PalestineAction convictions https://truthout.org/articles/uk-convicts-palestine-action-activists-in-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity/
#Filton6 statement
https://realmedia.press/filton-6-closing-speech-1/#Elbit Systems - #CAAT
https://caat.org.uk/data/companies/elbit-systems/War Profiteers - AFSC
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#PalestineAction convictions https://truthout.org/articles/uk-convicts-palestine-action-activists-in-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity/
#Filton6 statement
https://realmedia.press/filton-6-closing-speech-1/#Elbit Systems - #CAAT
https://caat.org.uk/data/companies/elbit-systems/War Profiteers - AFSC
https://afsc.org/gaza-genocide-companies -
#PalestineAction convictions https://truthout.org/articles/uk-convicts-palestine-action-activists-in-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity/
#Filton6 statement
https://realmedia.press/filton-6-closing-speech-1/#Elbit Systems - #CAAT
https://caat.org.uk/data/companies/elbit-systems/War Profiteers - AFSC
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#PalestineAction convictions https://truthout.org/articles/uk-convicts-palestine-action-activists-in-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity/
#Filton6 statement
https://realmedia.press/filton-6-closing-speech-1/#Elbit Systems - #CAAT
https://caat.org.uk/data/companies/elbit-systems/War Profiteers - AFSC
https://afsc.org/gaza-genocide-companies -
Elbit (Who Profits?) https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794
UK Exports (CAAT)
https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?company=Elbit+SystemsKiller Drones (WoW)
https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf -
Elbit (Who Profits?) https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794
UK Exports (CAAT)
https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?company=Elbit+SystemsKiller Drones (WoW)
https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf -
Elbit (Who Profits?) https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794
UK Exports (CAAT)
https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?company=Elbit+SystemsKiller Drones (WoW)
https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf -
Elbit (Who Profits?) https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794
UK Exports (CAAT)
https://caat.org.uk/data/exports-uk/licence-list?company=Elbit+SystemsKiller Drones (WoW)
https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Killer%20Drones%2C%20War%20on%20Want.pdf -
Government deceit concerning arms exports
Research reveals arms sold to Israel for re-export never were
April 2026
Selling arms carries with it the risk that they will be used not for legitimate purposes of defence but for illegal or offensive actions and the killing of innocent people. They can contribute to the tens of millions of displaced people and refugees who flee persecution or civil wars. As a member of the Security Council and a major exporter of arms, the UK has a particular responsibility to ensure arms go to where they are intended and do not end up in the hands of countries or parties engaged in civil wars or insurrection.
The UK is seriously falling down in this duty and arguably, knows it to be the case. It seems more concerned with boosting exports and less interested in where or with whom the weapons end up. In a previous post we commented on the weak controls on arms sales to the UAE which evidence strongly suggest end up in the hands of Sudanese rebels, the RSF. in this post we discuss evidence of arms sales to Israel being used on the Golan Heights illegally occupied by Israel since 1967.
Both are aspects of the same problem: weapons supposedly going to a friendly power being sent on to one which isn’t or are being misused. The evidence seems to suggest a lack of control or curiosity by government and civil servants. In both cases the weapons have caused a huge number of deaths and injury.
Re-export loophole
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade and Declassified UK have unearthed some shady practice concerning weapons sales to Israel. A £120 million transaction involving components was concluded for arms to go to Israel for onward export to Romania. Only they didn’t. The licences were for Watchkeeper drone (pictured) components by Elbit Systems, the Israeli arms company with plants in the UK. Elbit then quietly, they suggest, repeatedly issued a force majeure clause thus preventing the component leaving Israel. [The Declassified report also discusses the issue of waste which is outside our human rights brief].
CAAT and Declassified wrote to the Business and Trade sub-Committee on Economic Security and Export Controls asking for an investigation. Their work has revealed that the UK has zero ‘end-use monitoring’ allowing arms companies to divert weapons with near impunity. The government still claims it has ‘robust monitoring’ in place which seems utterly absurd and at variance with the evidence.
Following these investigations, Romania has threatened to cancel a $400m contract with Elbit Systems whereupon Elbit says it will begin delivery. Can they be trusted?
It seems clear that UK controls on sales are lax or almost non-existent. The lack of end-user monitoring and issuing open licences means arms end up almost anywhere. The desire to sustain arms sales and the UK’s arms industry seems to trump issues of humanity and the death and destruction that these weapons cause. Claims of robust controls are absurd and dishonest.
- Government deceit concerning arms exports
- Human Rights and the Abuse of Anti-Terrorism Powers
- Global Refugee Crisis: Current Statistics and Trends
- Monthly death penalty report
- Petition reaches major milestone
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“ARMS INDUSTRY GIVEN DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER UNIVERSITY COURSES”
by Martin Williams in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics“#BAESystems, #Leonardo, #Thales and #RollsRoyce are among the firms who have been invited to sit on at least 53 university advisory committees across the country.
They are usually asked to provide ‘strategic direction’ for academic departments – and sometimes also review the progress of research projects”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/arms-industry-given-direct-influence-over-university-courses/
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Universities #Courses #ArmsIndustry #Influence #Courses #CAAT
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“ARMS INDUSTRY GIVEN DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER UNIVERSITY COURSES”
by Martin Williams in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics“#BAESystems, #Leonardo, #Thales and #RollsRoyce are among the firms who have been invited to sit on at least 53 university advisory committees across the country.
They are usually asked to provide ‘strategic direction’ for academic departments – and sometimes also review the progress of research projects”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/arms-industry-given-direct-influence-over-university-courses/
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Universities #Courses #ArmsIndustry #Influence #Courses #CAAT
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“ARMS INDUSTRY GIVEN DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER UNIVERSITY COURSES”
by Martin Williams in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics“#BAESystems, #Leonardo, #Thales and #RollsRoyce are among the firms who have been invited to sit on at least 53 university advisory committees across the country.
They are usually asked to provide ‘strategic direction’ for academic departments – and sometimes also review the progress of research projects”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/arms-industry-given-direct-influence-over-university-courses/
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Universities #Courses #ArmsIndustry #Influence #Courses #CAAT
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“ARMS INDUSTRY GIVEN DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER UNIVERSITY COURSES”
by Martin Williams in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics“#BAESystems, #Leonardo, #Thales and #RollsRoyce are among the firms who have been invited to sit on at least 53 university advisory committees across the country.
They are usually asked to provide ‘strategic direction’ for academic departments – and sometimes also review the progress of research projects”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/arms-industry-given-direct-influence-over-university-courses/
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Universities #Courses #ArmsIndustry #Influence #Courses #CAAT
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Note: 2,700 people have been arrested for supporting #PalestineAction since it was proscribed under the Terrorism Act last summer by the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper; many arrested for holding placards expressing support for the group.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/05/seven-arrested-over-alleged-support-for-palestine-action-at-raf-lakenheath-protest -
Note: 2,700 people have been arrested for supporting #PalestineAction since it was proscribed under the Terrorism Act last summer by the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper; many arrested for holding placards expressing support for the group.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/05/seven-arrested-over-alleged-support-for-palestine-action-at-raf-lakenheath-protest -
Note: 2,700 people have been arrested for supporting #PalestineAction since it was proscribed under the Terrorism Act last summer by the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper; many arrested for holding placards expressing support for the group.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/05/seven-arrested-over-alleged-support-for-palestine-action-at-raf-lakenheath-protest -
Note: 2,700 people have been arrested for supporting #PalestineAction since it was proscribed under the Terrorism Act last summer by the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper; many arrested for holding placards expressing support for the group.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/apr/05/seven-arrested-over-alleged-support-for-palestine-action-at-raf-lakenheath-protest -
International Peace Camp - 1-6 April - at #Lakenheath US-occupied nuclear base; included a blockade of the main gates of the base, protesting the #Iran war, the #Gaza genocide, and the presence of nuclear weapons at the site.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/06/arrests-at-lakenheath-nuclear-base-blockade/
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International Peace Camp - 1-6 April - at #Lakenheath US-occupied nuclear base; included a blockade of the main gates of the base, protesting the #Iran war, the #Gaza genocide, and the presence of nuclear weapons at the site.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/06/arrests-at-lakenheath-nuclear-base-blockade/
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International Peace Camp - 1-6 April - at #Lakenheath US-occupied nuclear base; included a blockade of the main gates of the base, protesting the #Iran war, the #Gaza genocide, and the presence of nuclear weapons at the site.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/06/arrests-at-lakenheath-nuclear-base-blockade/
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International Peace Camp - 1-6 April - at #Lakenheath US-occupied nuclear base; included a blockade of the main gates of the base, protesting the #Iran war, the #Gaza genocide, and the presence of nuclear weapons at the site.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/06/arrests-at-lakenheath-nuclear-base-blockade/
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https://newint.org/arms/2026/italian-arms-factory-workers-say-no-war
Stop The Arms Trade
https://newint.org/special/arms-trade#antimilitarism #CAAT #Capitalism #Elbit #F35 #Gaza To Stop The Arms Trade #Italy #LabourMovement #Leonardo #Palestine #Solidarity
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https://newint.org/arms/2026/italian-arms-factory-workers-say-no-war
Stop The Arms Trade
https://newint.org/special/arms-trade#antimilitarism #CAAT #Capitalism #Elbit #F35 #Gaza To Stop The Arms Trade #Italy #LabourMovement #Leonardo #Palestine #Solidarity
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https://newint.org/arms/2026/italian-arms-factory-workers-say-no-war
Stop The Arms Trade
https://newint.org/special/arms-trade#antimilitarism #CAAT #Capitalism #Elbit #F35 #Gaza To Stop The Arms Trade #Italy #LabourMovement #Leonardo #Palestine #Solidarity
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https://newint.org/arms/2026/italian-arms-factory-workers-say-no-war
Stop The Arms Trade
https://newint.org/special/arms-trade#antimilitarism #CAAT #Capitalism #Elbit #F35 #Gaza To Stop The Arms Trade #Italy #LabourMovement #Leonardo #Palestine #Solidarity
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🐱💛 Rescate que conmueve
Un rescate de minino en Tequisquiapan permitió salvar a un mishi atrapado en una azotea 🙌
Autoridades y ciudadanía trabajaron juntos
#Tequisquiapan #RescateAnimal #CAAT
Más información aquí 👇
https://amanecerqro.com/rescate-de-un-minino-en-tequisquiapan-destaca-labor-del-caat/
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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
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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
#armsSales #CAAT #FCO #Sdan #UAE -
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
#armsSales #CAAT #FCO #Sdan #UAE -
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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“Undercover police spied on anti-arms trade campaigners & exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry”
by The Canary
“Evidence quoted in an opening position statement [..] on 2 Feb by the #UndercoverPolicing #Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, incl Campaign Against #ArmsTrade (#CAAT), because of the financial importance of the industry to the British state”
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“Undercover police spied on anti-arms trade campaigners & exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry”
by The Canary
“Evidence quoted in an opening position statement [..] on 2 Feb by the #UndercoverPolicing #Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, incl Campaign Against #ArmsTrade (#CAAT), because of the financial importance of the industry to the British state”
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“Undercover police spied on anti-arms trade campaigners & exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry”
by The Canary
“Evidence quoted in an opening position statement [..] on 2 Feb by the #UndercoverPolicing #Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, incl Campaign Against #ArmsTrade (#CAAT), because of the financial importance of the industry to the British state”
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“Undercover police spied on anti-arms trade campaigners & exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry”
by The Canary
“Evidence quoted in an opening position statement [..] on 2 Feb by the #UndercoverPolicing #Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, incl Campaign Against #ArmsTrade (#CAAT), because of the financial importance of the industry to the British state”
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Who’s who in the War Profiteers zoo, without much ado:
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Who’s who in the War Profiteers zoo, without much ado:
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Who’s who in the War Profiteers zoo, without much ado:
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Who’s who in the War Profiteers zoo, without much ado:
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October https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-arms-firm-secures-ban-on-palestine-protests-in-britain/
September
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-aerospace-firm-supplying-israels-defence-ministry/https://www.declassifieduk.org/what-is-the-f-35-fighter-jet-israel-uses-to-bomb-gaza-and-iran/
#CAAT #directaction #Elbit #F35 #Gaza #LockheedMartin #Militaryindustrialcomplex #Moog #Palestine #Wolverhampton
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October https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-arms-firm-secures-ban-on-palestine-protests-in-britain/
September
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-aerospace-firm-supplying-israels-defence-ministry/https://www.declassifieduk.org/what-is-the-f-35-fighter-jet-israel-uses-to-bomb-gaza-and-iran/
#CAAT #directaction #Elbit #F35 #Gaza #LockheedMartin #Militaryindustrialcomplex #Moog #Palestine #Wolverhampton
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October https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-arms-firm-secures-ban-on-palestine-protests-in-britain/
September
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-aerospace-firm-supplying-israels-defence-ministry/https://www.declassifieduk.org/what-is-the-f-35-fighter-jet-israel-uses-to-bomb-gaza-and-iran/
#CAAT #directaction #Elbit #F35 #Gaza #LockheedMartin #Militaryindustrialcomplex #Moog #Palestine #Wolverhampton
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October https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-arms-firm-secures-ban-on-palestine-protests-in-britain/
September
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-aerospace-firm-supplying-israels-defence-ministry/https://www.declassifieduk.org/what-is-the-f-35-fighter-jet-israel-uses-to-bomb-gaza-and-iran/
#CAAT #directaction #Elbit #F35 #Gaza #LockheedMartin #Militaryindustrialcomplex #Moog #Palestine #Wolverhampton
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Large crowd attends 100th vigil
Around 90 attend the 100th vigil
It is astonishing to report that around 90 people attended the silent vigil in Salisbury’s market place. There have been a few occasions over the past 2 years when we have considered stopping, usually after a ceasefire or peace initiative when some might have believed that the killing was over. The recent ceasefire was no exception with a huge amount of fanfare from President Trump supported by a degree of pressure on Israel to stop. Well, it hasn’t lasted with over 100 killed on Tuesday and the creation of a semi-permanent line being established taking yet more territory from Gaza. Hamas have returned the remaining live hostages and Israel has released 250 prisoners and 1,700 ‘detainees’.
There are arguments about the remaining dead hostages with Hamas claiming that they are finding it difficult to locate them in the rubble. As Israel will not allow foreign journalists into Gaza, truth is hard to determine but it would seem probable that Hamas’s account is likely.
We put detainees in inverted commas because the hostages taken by Hamas on their violent raid on October 7th two years ago received, rightly, considerable coverage and few will be unaware of the numbers killed or taken. Media coverage has consistently used the word ‘hostage’ for those taken by Hamas. Those taken by Israel – in considerably larger numbers and who were subject to horrific treatment and torture – are referred to as ‘detainees’. British media has continued with this fiction since the conflict began. The death toll in Gaza is nearly 69,000.
That such large numbers turn out on a Saturday evening is a testimony to the strongly held convictions about many aspects of the conflict. Whilst acknowledging the brutal nature of Hamas and the horrific attack on October 7th, the destruction of Gaza, the imposition of a food and medicine blockade and the wanton killing of women and children has profoundly shocked many. The British government’s continued support for Israel – directly and covertly – has also produced great anger.
UK arms sales reached a record level in June and the notion that the UK has ‘robust’ measures to control such sales is in tatters according to Campaign Against the Arms Trade. Exact details are impossible to determine as the licensing is vague and because of secrecy. The plain fact is that we continue to supply arms and overfly Gaza despite the appalling carnage that has taken place there.
One hundred vigils and no sign of the local MP Mr John Glen at any of them nor any mention in his weekly piece in the Salisbury Journal. Mr Glen is thought to be a member of Conservative Friends of Israel.
A short video is available here thanks to Peter Gloyns. We shall be back (sadly) on November 8th.
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Simplified Accessibility Testing, right from your browser?! 💡🔍
I designed and coded this little landing page to showcase all the #accessibility browser #bookmarklets powered by #CAAT and created by my wonderful team here at mindscreen.
Take a look: https://tools.caat.report/
Perhaps one of these bookmarklets could be integrated into your #a11y #testing process? 👀
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Simplified Accessibility Testing, right from your browser?! 💡🔍
I designed and coded this little landing page to showcase all the #accessibility browser #bookmarklets powered by #CAAT and created by my wonderful team here at mindscreen.
Take a look: https://tools.caat.report/
Perhaps one of these bookmarklets could be integrated into your #a11y #testing process? 👀
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Simplified Accessibility Testing, right from your browser?! 💡🔍
I designed and coded this little landing page to showcase all the #accessibility browser #bookmarklets powered by #CAAT and created by my wonderful team here at mindscreen.
Take a look: https://tools.caat.report/
Perhaps one of these bookmarklets could be integrated into your #a11y #testing process? 👀
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Simplified Accessibility Testing, right from your browser?! 💡🔍
I designed and coded this little landing page to showcase all the #accessibility browser #bookmarklets powered by #CAAT and created by my wonderful team here at mindscreen.
Take a look: https://tools.caat.report/
Perhaps one of these bookmarklets could be integrated into your #a11y #testing process? 👀
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Only 1 month to go until #TestConEurope! 💻😎
Watch the short video introduction of my talk and join me in Vilnius from October 21st to 24th 2025 🎙️
If you're interested in learning more about #testing software products for #accessibility, come and find me at the conference. I'd be happy to share some insights and tips, and chat about #CAAT — our software to test digital products for accessibility in a structured and efficient way. I'll also bring some free buttons!🐱
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Only 1 month to go until #TestConEurope! 💻😎
Watch the short video introduction of my talk and join me in Vilnius from October 21st to 24th 2025 🎙️
If you're interested in learning more about #testing software products for #accessibility, come and find me at the conference. I'd be happy to share some insights and tips, and chat about #CAAT — our software to test digital products for accessibility in a structured and efficient way. I'll also bring some free buttons!🐱
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Only 1 month to go until #TestConEurope! 💻😎
Watch the short video introduction of my talk and join me in Vilnius from October 21st to 24th 2025 🎙️
If you're interested in learning more about #testing software products for #accessibility, come and find me at the conference. I'd be happy to share some insights and tips, and chat about #CAAT — our software to test digital products for accessibility in a structured and efficient way. I'll also bring some free buttons!🐱
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Only 1 month to go until #TestConEurope! 💻😎
Watch the short video introduction of my talk and join me in Vilnius from October 21st to 24th 2025 🎙️
If you're interested in learning more about #testing software products for #accessibility, come and find me at the conference. I'd be happy to share some insights and tips, and chat about #CAAT — our software to test digital products for accessibility in a structured and efficient way. I'll also bring some free buttons!🐱
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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.