UK Urged to Act as Silence on Gaza Continues Hunger Strike
While RT focuses on the calls for intervention and the grim reality of hunger strikes, it barely scratches the surface of why such extreme measures are even necessary. The UK government, far from being a neutral arbiter, has consistently enabled the very industries Palestine Action targets. For example, during the 2023-2024 period, the UK approved over £430 million in arms export licenses to
Israel, including components for military aircraft and bombs, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) data. These are the very weapons systems used in attacks on Gaza, facilitating the destruction Palestine Action seeks to disrupt. Therefore, urging the UK to 'act' feels rather like asking a primary investor to condemn their own returns. (One might wonder if the concern is performative.)
The irony is profound: activists risk their lives protesting complicity in what the UN calls potential war crimes, while UK politicians, many of whom benefit from a cozy relationship with defense contractors, issue platitudes or remain silent. It's a stark reminder that 'human rights' are often selectively applied narratives, depending on who's doing the bombing and who's supplying the bombs. The
real news isn't the hunger strike, but the systemic indifference that makes it necessary.