CAAT and our partners Palestine Solidarity Campaign and War on Want have created this briefing which outlines all of the key background, facts and messages to help activists campaign to stop UK arms exports to Israel, and call for an immediate ceasefire.
Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip has killed many thousands of Palestinians. Israeli forces are carrying out a colossal assault marked by indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian infrastructure causing tens of thousands of casualties, including through attacks on medical facilities, bakeries, schools, shelters, and evacuating civilian convoys.
Despite Israel’s armed violence against Palestinians, the UK government regularly approves military technology and arms exports to Israel, including for weapons of the type used to carry out violations of international law. This makes the UK government complicit in Israel’s abuses of Palestinian rights.
Summary
- The UK government regularly approves the export of weapons and military technology to Israel, despite its repeated flagrant violations of international law.
- Arms exports include components for F-35 aircraft used in Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip.
- UK banks, including Barclays, are profiting from the deadly arms trade with Israel.
See also CAATs Fact Sheet on UK arms exports to Israel; CAAT’s recent statement UK arms to Israel, an overview of the exports via CAAT’s data browser, and CAAT’s Israel country page.
