Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
Dear friend,
As the death toll in Gaza nears 200, demonstrators across the UK took to the streets this week to protest Israel’s relentless bombing and the ongoing occupation.
Following seven days of Israeli airstrikes that have bombed homes, the offices of media organisations and damaged health clinics, CAAT is calling for an immediate investigation into whether UK-made arms have been used in the ongoing bombardment of Gaza.
In the last five years alone Downing Street has licensed over £400 millions worth of military equipment to Israeli forces, including many weapons & components that are likely to be used in this sort of bombing campaign.
Unfortunately it would not be the first time. A review by the government in 2014 found that 12 licences for arms are likely to have been used in the bombardment of Gaza that same year. Likewise, in 2010, the then Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that UK-made arms had “almost certainly” been used in the 2009 assault.
Help us to strengthen the movement
- Call on the UK government to block all arms trades to Israel
- Email your MP to demand that the UK government stops arming Israel
- Follow & support CAAT, War On Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and others for further actions and upcoming demonstrations across the UK
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For decades, successive governments have spoken about their commitment to peace whilst they continue to arm and support Israeli forces. These arms sales do not just provide military support, they also send a clear sign of political support for the occupation and blockade, and the violence that is being inflicted.
When this stops being shown on the news and ‘normality’ resumes, it is a normality that is intolerable and a normality that must be stopped.
In solidarity,
Dana
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Campaign Against Arms Trade
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