Skip to main content
Advertise with the Morning Star
Israel faces demands to release impounded fire engine
Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in the Cuts Leave Scars rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, October 26, 2023

MORE than 450 people and organisations, including 20 MPs, have signed an open letter demanding that Israel stop impounding a fire engine donated to Palestinian firefighters.

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members in Scotland donated the vehicle last year, with support from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish government and the STUC.

The appliance, packed with firefighting kit, equipment and medical supplies, had been destined for Nablus in the West Bank, but it was seized at the Israeli port of Ashdod last July by Israeli customs officers, who have demanded that it be sent back for being a right-hand-drive vehicle.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Raeda Alian, who was evacuated from Gaza City, wipes a tear as she sits next to her belongings after arriving at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Muwasi, an area that Israel has designated as a ‘safe zone’, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 23, 2025
Middle East / 26 September 2025
26 September 2025
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament / 26 September 2025
26 September 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, on day two of the president's second state visit to the UK, September 18, 2025
Scotland / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent organised a protest outside the Edinburgh City Council Chamber to highlight concerns about the scarcity of housing, January 2018
Scotland / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Similar stories
Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in
Britain / 3 April 2025
3 April 2025
Activists outside The Royal Courts of Justice, November 18,
Britain / 18 November 2024
18 November 2024
Downing Street accepts ‘clear risk’ that fighter jet parts sold to Israel could be used to violate international humanitarian law, High Court hears
Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) take part in
Britain / 6 November 2024
6 November 2024