MEDIA RELEASE: Arms to Israel court case reveals a ‘hiatus’ in legal assessments and a delay in important decisions
This government likes to claim we have a robust arms export licensing system. This claim is now in tatters.
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This government likes to claim we have a robust arms export licensing system. This claim is now in tatters.
The UK government treats Palestinian lives with utter contempt, ignoring overwhelming evidence in favour of preserving the profits of arms dealers.
Our government has failed us, and it has failed the Palestinian people, and it has failed its own citizens. It is down to us to take action.
On 23rd February, UN experts demanded that arms exports to Israel must stop immediately. The unprecedented statement called on all states, including the UK, to immediately halt arms transfers, including export licences and military aid. The experts stated, without qualification, that “any transfer of weapons or
"This is an outrageous decision. Our government and the UK arms industry is complicit in a genocide. Yet the court has decided that it won’t even hear the case."
"We refuse to allow Elbit’s business to continue in Bristol.”
People do not want genocide profiteers on their doorstep, and this map will enable communities to take action against the companies that are complicit in war crimes in their local area.
This is a vile event aimed at enabling arms dealers to sell more weapons to fuel conflict across the world
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