Campaign Against Arms Trade releases map detailing British sites producing weapons for Israel

Spread the love

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/campaign-against-arms-trade-releases-map

An F-35 takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, June 24, 2019

ARMS trade campaigners have produced a map showing locations across Britain where components are made for F-35 warplanes being used by Israel to attack Gaza.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says the map is intended to identify the sites as targets for protests.

The group says 15 per cent of the components used to build F-35s are made in Britain in deals worth hundreds of millions of pounds for arms manufacturers.

CAAT said: “The map will enable campaigners across the country to find out where the components are produced and to protest [against] the companies who are profiting from the genocide Israel is committing in Gaza on their doorsteps.

“Foreign Secretary David Cameron recommended continuing arms sales to Israel on December 12 2023, despite previous Foreign Office assessments stating there were ‘serious concerns’ about breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) and Israel’s commitment and ability to comply with IHL.

“Cameron further accepted that Israel has a different interpretation of its IHL obligations.”

On January 26 the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that there was a “plausible” case that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/campaign-against-arms-trade-releases-map

Leave a Reply