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 […]
Topic: Israel
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, 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, 29 August 2024 New trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds is embarking on fresh talks with Israel, whose economy minister is an outspoken supporter of its attacks on Palestinians. Jonathan Reynolds has announced the Labour government seeks to deepen commerce with Israel, continuing the policy of his Conservative predecessor, Kemi Badenoch. Trade […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 June 2024 The British army has trialled Israeli drones used in Gaza, Declassified has found. Britain is experimenting with new drone technology that Israel’s military uses in Gaza. The British army conducted exercises on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire to test a drone made by Israeli tech firm Xtend in December. Hundreds of […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 13 June 2024 The man who wants to be foreign secretary is reassuring elite audiences that UK foreign policy will not seriously change under a Keir Starmer government – a strategy confirmed in Labour’s election manifesto. “Labour has been clear throughout this conflict that international law must be upheld”, David […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 May 2024 Now the International Criminal Court is seeking to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, it must investigate his accomplices in the British government. With the ICC’s chief prosecutor issuing an application for an arrest warrant against Israel’s prime minister for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”, attention must […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 16 May 2024 Britain’s business secretary wants to strike a new trade deal with Israel amid its brutal onslaught on Gaza. The UK government, led by business secretary Kemi Badenoch, has been trying to finalise a new trade agreement with Israel throughout its invasion of Gaza. The latest – and […]