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London for a Free Palestine activists outside the Department of Business and Trade
[Guy Smallman]
ACTIVISTS from London for a Free Palestine occupied the Department of Business and Trade today, demanding that the British government stop arming Israel.
The campaigners took over the lobby in the Old Admiralty Building, chanting: “British government you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.”
One protester, Maria, said: “We are going here today because the Department for Business and Trade is where the licences for British arms exports to Israel are signed and approved.
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
Report reveals Britain exported over 160,000 military items to Tel Aviv since genocide began – most were sent after partial arms exports ban began last September