French dock workers blocking shipment of military material bound for Israel
The CGT trade union has said the workers at the Fos-sur-Mer port outside of Marseille have refused to load crates of links used to assist the rapid fire of bullets onto a cargo ship.
“Majority of Britons want full arms embargo on Israel and expulsion from UN”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
“Half also want all Israeli products in shops boycotted”
“[UK] FOREIGN OFFICE MET PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYIST TO DISCUSS ARMS EXPORTS”
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK @palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
“Exclusive: Pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn offered top diplomat ‘recommendations’ on Middle East policy”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/foreign-office-met-pro-israel-lobbyist-to-discuss-arms-exports/
The government proposes to spend at least £1.6 billion on 'defence'.
But, according to Chancellor Reeves, we can't afford to scrap the 2-child limit on benefits or keep our pensioners warm.
#Arms #Defence #UKPolitics
UK plans to build six weapons factories to bolster military readiness | Defence policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/31/uk-plans-to-build-six-weapons-factories-to-bolster-military-readiness
US-made guided bombs used in Israeli attack on Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City
The same type of bomb was used in a strike that hit the al-Tabin School in Gaza City in August, killing 100 people, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
In February, the US approved the sale of 2,166 GBU-39 SDB bombs to Israel in a deal valued at $6.75bn, according to the official website of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
A spox for #Russia said #Trump’s #GoldenDome would force talks between Moscow & DC about #nuclear #arms control in the foreseeable future.
Primarily seeking to defend against a growing arsenal of conventional & nuclear #missiles from US adversaries Russia, #China & smaller states such as #NorthKorea & #Iran, the Golden Dome plan is a revival of #ColdWar-era President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), aka the "Star Wars" program.
SOMO: *Short-circuiting international law*
"SOMO’s new research draws on hundreds of pages of customs records and corporate documents from India and the Netherlands to reveal how Dutch businessmen Tom Krieckaert, Paul Krieckaert, and Vincent van Campen, through their India-based electrical engineering company SASMOS HET Technologies, have become critical links in the supply chain of four major Israeli arms producers, which supply the Israeli army with parts for weapons."
3/4: The #Palestine Solidarity march today in #London also had many chants targeting #KeirStarmer & #DavidLammy and their role in arming #Israel, making the UK complicit in #genocide. There were also many #students & #teachers supporting the #disarmeducation campaign to "stop the collaboration of places of #education with #arms companies and #weapons manufacturers". https://www.disarmeducation.org/.
Finally sadly the #Arab world itself is no better than the UK, bankrolling #Trump & ignoring #Gaza
"After our government refused to allow injured Palestinian children into the UK for treatment, you probably thought it was not possible to be more ashamed of this country, but you would be wrong"
Ricky Hale
The UK government set to argue in court the F-35 program is more important than preventing genocide.
#Israel #Gaza #Arms #UKPolitics #Genocide
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/uk-government-set-to-argue-the-f
Brothers in Arms: Assessing North Korea’s Contribution to Russia’s War in Ukraine | RUSI https://www.byteseu.com/993100/ #ammunition #analysis #april #Arms #Artillery #assessing #ATGMs #August #Brothers #centre #Click #Conflicts #Korea #Korean #north #NorthKorea #open #RUSI #Russia #russian #source #Ukraine
"The excellent Matt Kennard has reported for Drop Site News that the Labour government has sent 8,630 separate munitions to Israel since arms licences were suspended in September 2024. He based his article on a report by Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International & Workers for a Free Palestine. They obtained their evidence from the Israel Tax Authority"
#Israel #Gaza #UKPolitics #Arms
We now know beyond doubt the UK is illegally arming Israel during genocide
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/we-now-know-beyond-doubt-the-uk-is
"14 shipments of military items have been sent from the UK to Israel since October 2023, including 13 by air to Ben Gurion airport and one maritime delivery to Haifa that alone contained 160,000 items.
Since September 2024, 8,630 items were exported under the category “bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war”.
#Israel #Gaza #Arms #ArmsBan
UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds | UK news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/07/uk-sent-israel-thousands-of-military-items-despite-export-ban-study-finds
UK governments and Israel.
Despite occasional posturing by the ‘government’ - Lammy is a feeble example, the UK continues to support ethnic cleansing and murder. It seems nor only don’t they listen within the UK, they are determined to be complicit.
That is what happens when you win a stonking majority with 38% of the votes cast.
The Grauniad *finally* doing some proper reporting on Israel & war criminal #Starmer’s indefensible sales of weapons to the genocidal Zionist entity!
“UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds”
by Patrick Wintour
“Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licences”
What Trump’s approval of arms sales to Ukraine means: Expert explains
"...... he US State Department has submitted a notification to Congress regarding a license to export weapons to Ukraine. The contract is valued at $50 million or more. "
the criminals in the Kremlin will not be amused
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/comment/what-trump-s-approval-of-arms-sales-to-ukraine-1746108769.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Trump #USA #army #arms #weapons #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни
with this battle tank you can even drive into the modern city centre, where entry with outdated petrol vehicles is forbidden for #environmental reasons :-)))
"Rise of the e-Tank: #Germany is testing a silent killer
Armament firm #FFG is developing an armored eight-wheeled vehicle with a ‘Silent Mode’ hybrid drive system"
https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/rise-of-the-e-tank-germany-experiments-with-a-silent-killer/#
Exclusive: #Trump poised to offer #SaudiArabia over $100 billion #arms package, sources say
The #UnitedStates is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, 6 sources w/direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement during Trump's visit to the kingdom in May.
#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-poised-offer-saudi-arabia-over-100-bln-arms-package-sources-2025-04-24/
It’s raining today (on and off) so I fired up the forge.
Initially I was going to make a belt buckle, but the material I had wasn’t behaving so I ditched that for now and started on this instead.
I’ve been playing a lot of KCDII lately and figured I might try either a Knight’s Axe or a polearm. Either way, I needed to make an eye, which is as far as I got today. The steel is a piece of truck leaf spring.
https://www.europesays.com/2011967/ North Korea accuses U.S. of ‘expanding wars’ with eased arms export rules #'expanding #accuses #Arms #business #cartoon #Conflicts #eased #export #KingSalman #KingdomOfSaudiArabia #korea #LatestNews #life #north #NorthKorea #of #opinion #Rules #S #SaudiArabia #SaudiSazette #saudigazette #SaudigazetteNewspaper #sports #technology #u #wars' #with #world
