Robert Stevens, WSWS, 5 December 2023 On Saturday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the Royal Air Force (RAF) would carry out surveillance flights over Gaza. A joint statement by the Ministry of Defence, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Home Office, headed “UK military activity in the Eastern Mediterranean”, announced, “In support of…
Britain’s military role in the region is maintained to ensure its ruling elite profit from the spoils of genocide and war, as the trusted partners of US imperialism.
Campaigners say that through its arms sales, and particularly through the supply of components for the F35s stealth combat aircraft that Israel is currently using in the bombardment of Gaza, the UK is complicit in war crimes.