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UK citizen stranded in Jerusalem describes city after Iran attack: ‘Ghost town’ | World News

A British grandfather stranded in Jerusalem during a wave of Iranian missile attacks has described the city as…
#Israel #News #Britishgrandfather #foreignoffice #iranianmissiles #irondome #jerusalem #Jerusalemmissileattacks
https://www.europesays.com/2164454/

Foreign Office changes travel advice for Brits amid all-out war fears | World | News

Brits have been warned against travelling to Israel amid fears of an all-out war with Iran. In its…
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https://www.europesays.com/2162273/

Well here's a thing.

"Don't tell me anything I don't want to hear" does not seem to be an acceptable working practice for a Minister of the Crown.

#Israel #Gaza #ForeignOffice #MaritimeLaw

Screenshot of a tweet from Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg

I have interesting news from inside the FCDO.

Contrary to all Whitehall practice and culture, edict has gone out from Lammy's office that replies and statements re the Madleen are NOT to be cleared with Legal Advisers, Maritime Section or the Royal Navy.

10:59 AM - Jun 9, 2025 - 216.1K Views

Indian Charge d’Affaires summoned to Foreign Office, protest recorded over unprovoked actions

#BaaghiTV #Pakistan #India #ForeignOffice #IndianChargedAffaires #UnprovokedActions

https://en.baaghitv.com/indian-charge-daffaires-summoned-to-foreign-office-protest-recorded-over-unprovoked-actions/

"#Uberfication" encroaching on #teaching profession, including at #Oxford, leaves teachers scrambling for precarious #work

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/15/british-council-teachers-gig-economy-tutors-exploiting

#BritishCouncil #contracting #GigWork #GigEconomy #Uber #Deliveroo #education #Tefl #union #unions #Impellam #ForeignOffice #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

UK Foreign Office guidance for holidaymakers going to Spain, Greece and Turkey

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/uk-foreign-office-guidance-holidaymakers-31212296

“(…) I witnessed senior officials under intense pressure from ministers to skew the legal assessment. Reports were repeatedly returned to me with instructions to “rebalance” the findings – to downplay evidence of civilian harm and emphasise diplomatic efforts, regardless of the facts.”

I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/09/uk-foreign-office-war-crimes-arms-gaza-yemen

#uk #ukpol #foreignoffice #palestine #gaza #warcrimes #armstrade

Ex-diplomat alleges Britain ‘complicit in war crimes’

Britain’s system of arms control ‘broken’

February 2025

Allegations by an ex diplomat that officials were instructed to manipulate findings of misuse of weapons by allies will not come as shock to readers of this site. We have frequently questioned the oft repeated statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that ‘Britain’s export licensing controls are some of the most robust in the world’ as palpable nonsense. We have regularly featured items published by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade, CAAT.

In this case, featured on the front page of today’s Guardian newspaper (10 February), the ex-diplomat claims that officials are ‘bullied into silence’. Processes are manipulated to produce politically convenient outcomes. The article suggests that probably the most significant of his allegations was that officials had demanded the toning down of evidence that UK arms had been used to commit war crimes. This would appear to be a clear example of manipulation of what was intended to be an objective exercise. One tactic was to say they are ‘waiting for more evidence’ as cover for inaction. The FCDO office denies these allegations.

Palestinians returning to north Gaza have been shocked to see almost total devastation of their homes, communities, medical facilities and much else. What greets them are piles of rubble where once they lived their lives. The bombing of civilian targets using dumb bombs and the killing of thousands of non-combatants including many women and children, is clear evidence of a war crime. Israelis have been able to do this with weapons such as the F-35 parts of which are manufactured in the UK. Yet the UK government refuses to ban these exports.

The ‘revolving door’ enables corruption to continue

As we have argued before, the UK is in a kind of trap when it comes to these sales. Arms exports are one of the few areas where we do well from an economic perspective. Many jobs depend on these sales and a proper regime of controls would hit the industry. Arms firms employ many lobbyists to promote themselves. CAAT have spoken of the ‘revolving door‘ whereby senior staff from the civil service, the military and government retire and emerge as consultants or directors of these firms. Such senior staff have a clear incentive therefore, to sing the industry’s songs so as not to destroy the opportunity for lucrative employment post retirement. It is as close to corruption as you can get. We must not forget however, the end result of this corruption and manipulating processes as alleged, is the death, destruction, maiming and general mayhem as the weapons are used to destructive effect.

Apart from Gaza, another area where Britain turned a blind eye and pretended not to know was Yemen. We continued arming Saudi and provided support and advice stopping just short of arming the planes thus avoiding claims of being mercenaries.

Listening to ministers opine about peace ring hollow when its own staff are allegedly manipulating evidence to enable arms sales to continue.

#Arms #FCDO #foreignOffice #government #UK

UK issues travel warning after horrific Washington plane crash tragedy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-issues-travel-warning-after-30902126

I've just spoken to my #Palestinian friend A. He kept being lost for words: all the pain of those 15 months mixed with relief, doubt, gratitude, tumbling down the phone, suddenly blurting 'wtf am I doing here? I must fly to #Gaza!' followed by 'no, it's unsafe'. Yes it is unsafe. He was stuck in Gaza between #Oct7 and early Dec. The #UK #foreignoffice whom we called every day about him as a dual-nationality citizen, basically didn't give a ***. He lost 30 people in his family, 1 baby last night.

@rameshgupta 🇬🇧 1913 : Nahum #Sokolow, diplomate sioniste, propose aux Britanniques de "cultiver la #Palestine". Le #ForeignOffice rejette l'idée, jugeant le #sionisme marginal et utopique1
. 📊 Sur 300 000 Juifs britanniques, seuls 8 000 adhèrent au mouvement sioniste1
. 🏘️ Pourtant, entre 1908 et 1913, 11 nouvelles colonies juives sont créées en Palestine4
. 🌱 Le projet colonial s'intensifie, malgré le désintérêt initial des autorités britanniques. #Histoire #Colonisation

Performative whining, we'll keep the aid flowing to Israel, we'll keep silencing dissent, we'll keep tacitly endorsing the Genocide the World can see happen in real time on their phones.

#UNWRA #Israel #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Palestine #FreeGaza #AnnelieseDodds #ForeignOffice

1h ago Banning UNRWA 'unacceptable’, says minister - as

14:05 allies 'won't tolerate more Israeli excuses on aid' Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds has labelled the Israeli Knesset's (parliament) decision to ban the UN aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, from operatingin Israel “unacceptable". UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency), which is responsible for more than five million Palestinian refugees, has come under repeated attack by Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who says it has links to Hamas and other militant groups. The new laws passed in the Knesset on Monday banned the agency from having any ties to Israeli officials and stripped its staff of their legal immunities (more here),

Speakingin the House of Commons, Ms Dodds also said the decision is “wholly counterproductive for Israel” because “removing UNRWA from the equation would make an already unacceptable humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories far worse"

The government, she said, is working with allies to "urge the Israeli government to step back from the brink” and ensure UNRWA can continue to carry out its role, despite the new legislation.

“No other agency can get aid into Gaza at the scale needed,” she said, and noted that other humanitarian actors use their network to distribute aid.

“The prime minister has been clear - the world will not tolerate further excuses from Israel on humanitarian assistance” she added.

SCO Summit in Pakistan & attending Indian Foreign Minister

#BaaghiTV #Opinions #SCOSummit #ShanghaiCooperationOrganization #Pakistan #International #China #India #ForeignOffice #NarendraModi #SubrahmanyamJaishankar #ShehbazSharif @yasmeenali62

https://en.baaghitv.com/sco-summit-in-pakistan-attending-indian-foreign-minister/

#Bigots mad at #ForeignSecretary #DavidLammy for flying #bisexual #Pride #flag at #ForeignOffice for #BisexualAwarenessWeek

“The #FCDO stands for #inclusivity, #diversity and #acceptance, both at #home and #abroad.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Biphobia #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/23/david-lammy-bisexual-pride-flags-foreign-office/

'David Lammy's Token Move on Israel Arms Licences is no Answer to Genocide - It's a Form of Denial' – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/09/03/david-lammy-israel-arms-licences/

#Lammy
#Israel
#ArmsSales
#Genocide
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#InternationalCriminalCourt
#F35Parts
#Gaza
#ForeignOffice
#ICJ
#WarCrimes
#MilitaryCollaborationAgreement