it's almost like the material and political support of arms exports are a/the key factor in maintaining western militarist capitalist hegemony in the middle east and globally???

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Those that manufacturer and license arms from the UK to the Israel should be aware that the govt now seems to be only interested in the quantity exported, not genocide or war crimes.

If you haven't already:
1. Contact your union;
2. Seek legal advice.

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It is indefensible to ship arms to any country that has presided over huge civilian casualties and now loudly announces its intention to bomb and invade another densely populated urban area.

The quantity is immaterial #StopArmingIsrael #EyesOnRafah
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REPEAT ⬇️

'The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) do not need these bombs to invade Rafah. They have more than enough stockpiles to reduce it to rubble.'

All those that supplied weapons are complicit in Israel's genocide. There is no absolution for these crimes.
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Emily Thornberry rightly opposed arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen. She did so despite UK legal advice saying they could continue.

It's odd for her to say 'I won't oppose arms to Israel until I see legal advice' when evidence of war crimes even greater than in Yemen.

'We implore our government to find some semblance of humility and humanity and see this genocide for what it is.' caat.org.uk/news/israel-is…

How on earth can BBC 6pm news lead with the alleged sexual encounter of a former US president rather than the unfolding potentially apocalyptic Israeli military assault on Rafah, & the UK govt's complicit silence about it?

🚨Students at 14 UK universities have now set up Gaza solidarity encampments, the latest being Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and SOAS.

They are demanding that their institutions cut ties with Israel.

The assault on Rafah is another utterly despicable war crime.

As bombs rain down on a trapped and terrified population, we implore our government to find an ounce of humanity and end its complicity in this senseless massacre.

Wake up. This is not war. This is genocide.

With some timing, Biden in next 48 hours has to tell Congress if he believes Israel's delivery of aid and conduct of war breaches international law. Under a new procedure, Israel was asked to provide written assurances they are abiding by international law and US laws governing…

All LSE staff and students are invited to the LSE Divestment Assembly, Tuesday May 14, 2024

Israel does have the right to defend itself. It does not have the right to break international humanitarian law, bomb aid workers or act so disproportionately that over 34,000 Palestinians have now been killed

BREAKING: Hundreds of workers have blocked the entrances to the Department for Business and Trade to oppose the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel.

🚨 Come work with me & our UK advocacy and comms team @HRW

We are recruiting for a paid intern

You'll need a right to work in the UK & be based here for the duration of the internship

Deadline 16 May

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Attorneys inside and outside the administration urge Biden to cut off arms to Israel. The US must #StopArmingIsrael as must the UK and any other country supplying them with arms politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

🇬🇧 concern about 🇮🇱 detention is ok, but to be credible visits must be by independent experts unaccompanied by 🇮🇱 officials. Visits are stage-managed & detainees describing ill-treatment face reprisals. 🇬🇧 also complicit in 🇮🇱 war crimes & may whitewash ally, right Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office?

I don’t know if there is anymore to say. Gunshot wounds in children, amputations of children’s limbs one after another, insufficient medication not even painkillers.

This has now been 6 months & it continues day after day & 🇬🇧 continues 2 license military equip 2 🇮🇱

No surprises that individual minister cannot personally defend the indefensible actions of the government. It has been YEARS since Foreign Office or Trade Ministers have given evidence on arms exports to Committees.

New court documents reveal the UK approved arms sales to Israel just days after it killed three British aid workers in Gaza.

My latest in Declassified UK:
declassifieduk.org/uk-approved-ar…