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We cannot stay silent in the face of this repression and condemn Police Scotland for using terrorism powers on people taking direct action

This is an attack on our civil liberties, an attack on our right to protest, and an attack on our rights to speak up for Palestinian people.

Let’s be clear. Direct action is not terrorism and taking action against genocide profiteers is not terrorism.

This has to be the wake up call to take action and demand systemic change to our arms export licensing system. 

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.

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

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

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