Report reveals full extent of Israel-UK military alliance for Gaza
A report from the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) has revealed the whole extent of the British military’s role in Israel’s war on Gaza and urged the UK government to stop its partnership with the Israeli military, the Middle East Eye reported on January 28th.
The report mentioned that although the British government “has not been directly perpetrating violence in Gaza, it has played an influential role, not only through the validation of arms licences, but also through wider and deeper military collaboration with Israel”.
The alliance involved the procurement of weapons coming from the Israeli military industry as well as the use of British military bases, especially the Royal Air Force (RAF) base Akrotiri on the island of Cyprus. This base has been used by the UK, US and Germany to provide Israel with “weapons, personnel, and intelligence” since the start of the war on Gaza after the Hamas-led attacks on October 7th 2023.
Middle East Eye
