“Cowardly and symbolic” – CAAT comment on government decision not to invite Israeli delegation to DSEI arms fair
This is the government pretending to take action while safeguarding the profits of arms dealers.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Campaigners demand action as Israeli war criminals set to attend secretive London arms fair
The organisers of DSEI are trying to hide their exhibitors because they know they will face scrutiny for their inclusion of Israeli arms companies, and are trying to hide their complicity.
Israel starves babies in Gaza while David Lammy lies about the arms trade
David Lammy falsely claimed that the UK is not exporting military equipment for use by Israel in Gaza, ignoring the F-35 components the government has specifically chosen to continue supplying, as an exception to the UK's export control criteria.
Cowardly High Court ruling on F-35 components means that it’s down to ordinary citizens to take action to ensure the UK complies with international law
We cannot rely on our institutions to uphold international law, we can only rely on ourselves and the power we have to create change.
New figures reveal massive increase in UK arms exports to Israel as government defends F-35 exemption in court
Our government is complicit in the death of every Palestinian child. Our government is complicit in genocide.
New campaign launched to kick Israel out of the UK’s largest arms fair
“It is unconscionable that Israeli delegations and arms companies will be allowed to conduct business as usual at DSEI, and it is down to campaigners to do everything they can to kick Israel out of DSEI and stop this from happening."
“We will not be complicit”: Powerful vigil remembers the children of Gaza outside Cornwall Council
“We are witnessing the systematic ethnic cleansing of a people—and our own money, our institutions, and our silence are part of it. We will not be complicit.”
Latest data reveals US was top destination for UK arms exports in 2023 in shift from Middle East to US and Europe
This report shows the UK’s arms system is unethical and unaccountable and in desperate need of radical reform.
