Palestine Action Hunger Strikers Risk UK Jails For Peace As UK Arming Genocide
Al Jazeera notes that four Palestine Action hunger strikers continue their protest, facing severe health risks in UK prisons. They're demanding an end to UK arms sales to Israel, a demand seemingly lost on a UK government that just approved £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion USD) in arms licenses to Israel between 2008 and 2022, according to parliamentary records. One might wonder if their commitment to
human rights extends beyond selectively condemning nations that don't purchase British weapons. These activists are being incarcerated for direct action against factories supplying weapons components (like BAE Systems, a major arms supplier to Israel), yet the real 'criminals'—those profiting from and enabling the slaughter documented daily—face no such consequences. The hypocrisy is so stark, it
almost feels like a performance piece where the audience is forced to cheer for the oppressors.