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The UK Foreign Secretary’s announcement of a “double lock” on arms sales to Israel earlier this month has had no impact, with the government declining to suspend any existing licences, despite reports suggesting otherwise. On 8 September Ed Miliband announced the double lock during a Commons speech on banning settlement trade. He said the government
Our arms export system is broken beyond repair
A coalition of peace and anti-militarism organisations will protest the five-day Farnborough International Airshow this Monday 20 July. The arms fair in Hampshire will feature over 1,000 company exhibitors, including many complicit in the current Israeli genocide in Palestine, with their products having also been used in attacks in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Over 50 countries and territories are
This is a private company essentially prepared to bribe the police for information about its critics.
An ‘apology’ issued by Andy Burnham yesterday over the Labour party’s response to the Israeli genocide is “meaningless” unless followed by an end to arms sales to Israel, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has said. This includes components for the F-35 combat aircraft that Israel has used extensively in its attacks in Gaza, Iran and
UK members of the Global Sanctions Coalition note the recent announcement of sanctions by the UK government against some individuals and entities responsible for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The Coalition’s UK supporters – the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), and War
A group of over 60 parliamentarians have written to the government demanding an investigation into illegal military transfers from the UK to Israel. The letter to the Department for Business and Trade, authored by Steve Witherden MP on 15 June, asks the UK authorities to explain how an illegal transfer of arms to Israel was
A judge is expected to sentence four Palestine Action activists as ‘terrorists’ tomorrow, despite the activists not being convicted as such. Judge Jeremy Johnson has indicated he may add a ‘terrorist connection’ to the charges of Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona (Ellie) Kamio and Fatema Rajwani under section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020. This
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