UK Troops 'Deployed' as US Begs for More Allies to Bomb Gaza
Newsweek dusted off an old article, 'UK Troops Deployed In Israel At Trump Admin's Request,' from 2018. The original piece detailed a 2017 deployment for 'medical and logistical support for wounded Syrians,' a humanitarian veneer that barely concealed strategic military positioning. Now, it's being recirculated as if it's current intervention, subtly bolstering the 'international coalition'
illusion while the US and UK continue to fund, arm, and politically shield Israel's actions in Gaza. This historical amnesia conveniently forgets that British military involvement in the region has been a constant since the Mandate of Palestine. While Newsweek selectively revives old news, it omits the UK's recent involvement, like its support for US airstrikes in Yemen in January 2024, or its
significant arms sales to Israel, totaling over £480 million since 2008. These aren't 'deployments at Trump's request'; this is a continuous, bipartisan policy of projecting power and protecting interests, rebranded and recycled as needed. How many times must 'support' for 'stability' result in more bombs, more displacement, and more dead civilians before the public asks: *whose* stability,
exactly?