MEDIA RELEASE: Protesters vow arms dealers will not dine in peace at swanky industry dinner
The people attending this dinner are dining on the profits of genocide. This disgusting event is nothing more than a lobbying opportunity for war criminals.
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CAAT statement on potential Gaza ceasefire
Now is the time to keep up the pressure. Israel is still committing genocide with the full complicity of our government. We need to keep demanding a full two-way arms embargo. A genuine, long-lasting peace can only be achieved when we stop the flow of arms sales.
MEDIA RELEASE: New map details companies arming Israel amid further revelations over the UK’s complicity in genocide
This genocide is happening now. Our government is not acting and Palestinian people cannot wait for the conclusion of the court case. This is why we have released our updated interactive map to enable campaigners to take action against the genocide profiteers on their doorsteps.
Statement: Israel arms embargo urgently needed to halt spiralling escalation in Middle East
Following a year of impunity for genocide in Gaza, Israel’s devastating bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon and the Iranian missile attack on Israel, is the escalation that was foreseen and warned of. The West’s failure to hold Israel to account for its crimes, and failure to stop the
Joint statement: Suspension of arms export licenses to Israel is welcome but inadequate and shows that pressure must be maintained
The announcement on 2nd September by Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, that 30 arms export licenses to Israel will be suspended, does not go far enough. The Foreign Secretary has finally accepted that there is a clear risk that UK arms exports might be used to commit serious violations of international law, and this is testament
Government exempts F-35 from export licence suspension – on same day evidence emerges Israel used it in attack on Gaza ‘safe zone’
The Danish news outlet Information, together with NGO Danwatch, revealed today that, for the first time, it has been possible to definitively confirm the use by Israel of an F-35 stealth fighter to carry out a specific attack in Gaza. The UK arms industry produces 15% of every F-35 made, including Israel’s 39 aircraft.
Joint Statement: 50 Days of a Labour Government and arms sales to Israel continue unabated
50 days of inexcusable delays. 50 days of complicity. 50 days of impunity for Israel’s crimes. On Labour’s 50th day in office, our organisations condemn the government’s failure to suspend export licences for arms transfers to Israel. Every day that this government fails to take action, the UK is materially and
Press Release: Government needs to clarify position on arms exports to Israel in the face of urgent need for embargo
The government must clarify its position on issuing new arms export licences to Israel. This failure to clearly articulate the current status of the UK’s arms export licencing regime compounds impunity for Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, and is against the public interest.
