UK Blocks Hunger Strikers' Calls While Sending Arms to Israel
The New Arab reports Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons are being 'blocked' from family contact. These individuals are fasting to protest Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer. Meanwhile, the UK government greenlights continued arms exports to Israel—a government currently facing genocide accusations at the ICJ. (Source: The New Arab) One might wonder at the timing: activists
highlighting alleged complicity are silenced, while the very trade they protest continues unabated. The consistency with which Western governments prioritize defense contractors over protester rights is, shall we say, predictable. It appears some humanitarian crises are more inconvenient than others.