By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The British Government has reacted to Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza last January by barring further exports of components used in naval gunships which took part in the three-week operation.
Britain has officially told Israel's embassy in London that it is revoking five licences for exports of equipment used in Saar 4.5 vessels because they violate UK and EU criteria precluding military sales which could be used for "internal repression".
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The blockade has been broken on Gaza for a second time!
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Not that this is an unwelcome move by the UK, but are they just finding this out now? >:o
ReplyDeletePressure from below, v, though I dare say British arms-mongers will find a way round the embargo. They always do.
ReplyDeleteStill, good on them. I also read a news report the other day that the EU is getting fed up with Israel costing EU taxpayers so many millions in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
ReplyDeleteAlso the U.S. has similar laws on its books and if we actually followed the law, they would make all arms sales to Israel illegal. Of course nobody ever mentions this in Congress -- except Dennis Kucinich, who brings it up at every opportunity and has pushed for an end to such sales because they are, in fact, illegal.
ReplyDeleteI like Kucinich D.O. but I have problems with him. Not necessarily what he says or says he stands for, but for the result of his past campaigns. No one starts like him with his progressive platform. but he is made non-electable (by the damned system). Than he proceeds to corral all of those of the same or similar persuasion into voting and following the mainstream democratic ticket. He has done this every time.
ReplyDeleteIt tends to make one suspicious as to what his main goal is, is he merely party glue to lead us into the same ineffectual and corrupt system? I don't know, but it gets on my nerves.
I agree. I think it comes down to the basic corruption inherent in all politics. You can't play in that mudpile without getting dirty.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's a compromise, if he didn't do that he'd be out and we wouldn't have even one truly progressive voice in Congress, aside from Bernie Sanders.