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UK granted license to export targeting equipment to Israel, despite risk of diversion and use in Gaza
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) granted two new licenses for the export of trainer aircraft for F-35 sorties and “targeting equipment” to Israel, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) can reveal. This is despite concerns about potential ‘auto-diversion’ of military equipment by Israel, and its ongoing use of the F-35 in its genocidal onslaughts.
Brighton: No to the RAF Town Show, No to Enabling Genocide
Love and solidarity to campaigners in Brighton who said no to the “RAF Town Show” earlier this month (10-12 April). They were there to oppose the “family friendly” militarism of the show, and remind the public that the RAF has flown hundreds of reconnaissance missions over Gaza, in support of the Israeli genocide
UK’s rare condemnation of Israel’s ‘Black Wednesday’ massacre highlights its outrageous inaction
Six days after Israel’s bombardment of Beirut on 8 April 2026, the UK government issued a rare statement condemning the Israeli airstrikes. Despite Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, including an attack that destroyed a Tehran synagogue, the UK has still not taken meaningful diplomatic, intelligence, military or political action, despite enabling Israel in
CAAT annual report finds arms sales soar to a record £9.2 billion as transparency declines
The value of UK “single individual” arms export licences issued in 2024 (the latest full-year figures) increased by 86% to reach a record £9.2 billion, with Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Qatar, and the United States being the top recipients. Campaigners decry the close relationship between the UK and American arms industries as evidenced in this new
CAAT condemns illegal US-Israeli war on Iran
CAAT condemns the US and Israel’s illegal war on Iran that began on 28th February, which is a flagrant violation of Article 2 of the UN Charter which prohibits the use of force against another state, except in self-defence or following authorisation by a UN Security Council resolution. Following the start of the war, our
Government allowed surge in arms exports to UAE despite knowledge of diversion to Sudan
UK government arms export licensing figures for the second quarter of 2025 show a surge in the value of licences for the UAE, despite the government knowing that the UAE has diverted UK military equipment to the genocidal RSF in Sudan.
Gaza ceasefire must lead to real peace, freedom for Palestinians, and accountability for all abuses
CAAT welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza. An end, at least for now, to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, and the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages, is an enormous relief. However, no-one should imagine that this ceasefire represents an end to Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, still less to the decades-long occupation, apartheid, and dispossession of
