Campaigners slam Western governments for continuing to arm Israel as Palestinians in Gaza search desperately for food, water and shelter amid the bombs
ACTIVISTS have slammed the scheduled visit of United States President Joe Biden to Israel on Wednesday as the relentless bombardment of Gaza leaves Palestinians searching desperately for food, water and shelter.
The visit was announced just as Iran issued a stern warning to the Israelis that it may intervene in the conflict.
Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza where it had previously told Palestinians to flee, killing dozens of people on Tuesday.
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British companies provide 15 per cent of the components for the F-35 stealth combat aircraft that Israel is currently using in the bombardment of Gaza, in contracts worth £336 million, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) said.
The group is demanding the government revoke all licences for arms exports and is backing calls from Palestine trade unions for workers to refuse to build or export weapons to Israel.
CAAT’s Emily Apple said: “There should be no hierarchy when it comes to the killing of civilians.
“However, in continuing to arm Israel, this government is showing that it does not value Palestinian lives.
“Through its arms sales, and particularly through the supply of components for the F-35s, the UK is complicit in war crimes in Gaza.
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