UK military support for Israel’s genocide was pre-planned
▻https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-military-support-for-israels-genocide-was-pre-planned
Since the onslaught began, the Royal Air Force has flown dozens of spy missions over Gaza and at least six Israeli military personnel have received training in the UK.
Nine Israeli military planes have visited Israel, with the British government refusing to say what is on board. Declassified has also found that the US military has been supplying weapons to Israel using the UK’s base on Cyprus.
None of this has troubled the UK national media. But all of it is consistent with the pledges contained in the Roadmap.
This month, the RAF even flew to Israel’s defence by shooting down drones from Iran – which were launched in retaliation for Israel’s illegal attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria.
In a separate section on Iran, the Roadmap states that “we work closely to counter the current threat from Iran” and that “we will seek to counter Iran’s destabilising regional activity”.
“We will work to ensure Iran never has nuclear weapon capabilities”, adds the accord between the two nuclear weapons powers.
Protecting Israel globally
The 2023 Roadmap goes way beyond a previous memorandum of understanding between the UK and Israel signed in 2021.
It explicitly states the two countries are “natural allies” – ignoring Israel’s pariah status among much of the rest of the world due its illegal occupation of the West Bank and “apartheid” system discriminating against Palestinians.
Notably, the Roadmap has a section entitled “Antisemitism, delegitimisation, and anti-Israel bias” whose wording directly prophesies Britain’s extraordinary apologias for Israel’s Gaza atrocities in international fora.
It calls for “tackling the disproportionate focus on Israel in the UN and other international bodies, including attempts to delegitimise it or deny its right to self-defence. All states have a duty to comply with their obligations under international law, but scrutiny must be measured, impartial and proportionate.”
Since Israel’s attacks, British ministers have thoroughly put this into practice. They have consistently apologised for Israel’s atrocities in the name of “self-defence” and have repeatedly point blank refused to condemn Israel’s violations of international law.