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by John McEvoy and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 27 November 2024 Exclusive: Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London. Israel’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, visited Britain earlier this week, the UK government has confirmed to Declassified. The visit came three days after the […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 November 2024 Could MI5 have prevented the murder of 22 people? The key evidence remains a state secret. Two judges have rejected a legal claim by families of the victims of the 2017 Manchester bombing that MI5 could have prevented the killings. The justices at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 November 2024 British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK. Amid the devastating war in Ukraine, British economic aid to the country is focused on promoting pro-private sector reforms and on pressing the government to open up […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 November 2024 UK soldiers are now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry. The British army’s main global response force is now equipped with new Israeli technology being used in Gaza. The Air Assault Brigade, based in Colchester, has […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 October 2024 Politicians across Europe want Britain to investigate why the WikiLeaks founder spent five years in jail. Britain’s Home Office is making a “grave mistake” by ignoring a call from the Council of Europe to review its treatment of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder’s wife has warned. The […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 October 2024 Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 7 October 2024 Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon. In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”.  This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 October 2024 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a freedom of information request that would shed light on training it is providing to Israeli armed forces personnel in Britain. The refusal comes as Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon, sparking a major new crisis in the Middle East.  […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 24 September 2024 Whitehall officials and ministers connive with the BBC and the press during wars, to promote ‘propaganda’ to domestic and foreign audiences, declassified files show. Britain’s media is failing to report the true extent of UK support to Israel amid the genocide in Gaza.  This is not the exception in […]

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 September 2024 Boris Johnson avoided promoting a compromise peace in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Now, Labour continues to help prolong the conflict to secure British interests. Last week, defence secretary John Healey announced that the UK “will continue to step up our support to help Ukraine achieve victory” in […]