Corbyn and Co call for all arms export licences to Israel to stop
Jeremy Corbyn and the Independent Alliance of MPs have released a statement calling for the UK Labour Party government to issue a full arms embargo on Israel. The demand came…
Palestine Action target influential Israel arms industry lobbyist
Palestine Action has once again targeted Elbit System – but this time, not directly. Instead, the group has taken action against one of the major lobbyists for Israel’s arms industry…
Israel $20bn arms deal with the US slammed by Amnesty
Amnesty International has branded the US approving $20bn in arms sales to Israel a “disgrace”. Nadia Daar, Amnesty International USA’s chief strategy and impact officer, said: The Biden administration’s approval…
Palestine Action hit two banks, arms factories, and Cambridge Uni
In the space of just two days, Palestine Action have smashed up banks, stopped production at an arms factory, and sent Cambridge Uni a message. It is, of course, all…
42 arms licences from the UK since 7 October
Under pressure, the Department of Business and Trade has revealed that Rishi Sunak’s government approved 42 military export licenses to Israel from 7 October 2023 to 31 May 2024. Of…
Brighton Council pulls plug on Israel-backing arms company
A council has pulled the plug on an arms manufacturer’s planning permission; one that has been complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee met…
Labour subject to banner drop over arms sales to Israel
Activists dropped a banner on Monday 3 June from Westminster bridge calling on Labour Party leader Keir Starmer to say he’ll end arms sales to Israel if he wins the…
Israel UK arms licences subject of protest-led London disruption
A youth-led protest group has threatened to “disrupt London” unless the government stops all arms export licences to Israel. However, the ‘youth demand’ is time-constrained – and the clock is…
Palestine Action cut the internet to major arms factory in Scotland
Activists from Palestine Action Scotland sabotaged the internet cables of Edinburgh’s Leonardo factory and sprayed red paint over their fighter jet model displays. It was over its supplying of kit…
Israel arms sales and ‘ineffective’ government response criticised
On Tuesday 21 May the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has released its rapid review on UK aid to Gaza. It has criticised the UK government’s “ineffective” response regarding…
Arms factories in the UK now have legal protection from protests
The Tories have quietly changed the law to allow arms factories to call themselves “prohibited places”. This is under the guise of national security. It means companies such as Elbit…
Richard Burgon pushes Rishi Sunak on Israel arms sales
At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), former shadow justice secretary under Jeremy Corbyn Richard Burgon challenged Rishi Sunak on Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people: 30,000 Palestinian deaths – not enough…