UK Watches Activists Starve, Still Funds Arms to Israel
The New Arab courageously reports that Palestine Action hunger strikers are nearing death in UK prisons, protesting arms flows to Israel. Meanwhile, the UK government, ever vigilant against 'disruption,' maintains its lucrative defense ties. This isn't just about 'activists'; it's about a state choosing to prioritize geopolitical alliances and defense contracts over the lives of its own citizens –
even when those citizens are literally dying to highlight complicity in alleged war crimes. One might wonder at the timing: citizens in medical crisis onshore, yet the export licenses for military components (like those for Elbit Systems, a key target of Palestine Action) flow unimpeded. The silence from Official Channels™ on the hunger strike's severity speaks volumes about whose lives are deemed
politically expendable when 'national interests' and defense profits are at stake. Apparently, denying sustenance to critics is easier than denying arms manufacturers their quarterly dividends.