UK Government's complicity in State of Israel's monstrous genocide
BBC (16/05/2025): Nearly 100 people killed in Israeli attack on north Gaza, rescuers say:
"Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground, air and sea attack launched early Friday in north Gaza...
"Israel's government has pledged to intensify operations in Gaza and indefinitely reoccupy the Strip..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr704wwklgo
Financial Times (17/10/2023): Keir Starmer faces growing mutiny from within Labour over Israel-Hamas stance:
"Starmer provoked anger among some in his party after he said Israel had the right to withhold power and water from Gaza...
Labour officials predict the divisions will deepen as the crisis facing civilians in Gaza worsens, or if Israel presses ahead with a widely anticipated ground offensive that would increase the civilian death toll..."
https://www.ft.com/content/7417ff05-fa1b-4df8-aab7-71c3407e166f
Middle East Eye: Approved UK arms exports to Israel skyrocketed under Labour, data shows:
"The UK government approved $169m worth of military equipment to Israel in the three months that followed the Labour government’s partial suspension of arms exports over concerns they could be used unlawfully in Gaza...
Arms campaigners say the three-month total is more than what was approved altogether under the Tory government between 2020 and 2023, and said the increase was “truly shocking”.
“This is the Labour government aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” said Emily Apple, media coordinator for the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade..."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/major-jump-approved-uk-arms-exports-israel-weeks-after-gaza-ban
Monstrous:
Very cruel:
“A monstrous crime
Monstrous cruelty
But that's monstrous - he can't be allowed to get away with it!”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/monstrous
BBC (17/05/2025): Israel launches major offensive to 'seize and control' areas of Gaza:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7geg3lvz1o
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