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Britain

Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators rally outside London arms show

2025-09-10

Merely a few hundred? Piffle!

[IsraelTimes] Israel officials barred from participating in four-day event, but 51 Israeli defense companies will attend, including government-owned Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries

Pro-Paleostinian protesters gathered Tuesday outside a major arms fair in London as it opened without the presence of Israeli government officials because of tension between Britannia and Israel over the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
conflict.

Police watched as around 300 protesters waved Paleostinian flags and held up placards, including one reading "UK: Stop arming Israel. Stop the Gaza Genocide."

The British government excluded Israeli officials from the four-day event, but 51 Israeli defense companies are set to attend, including major arms manufacturer Elbit.

…which recently closed its entire operation in all of Britain. No more skilled employment and taxes for the British government, nor cozy dinners to discuss the cost of rearming the armless British military. Consequences, biyatches.

Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries, both government-owned, will also have exhibitions, making Israel the fifth-largest national contingent at the fair at the Excel London exhibition center.

The Israeli companies "should be investigated for crimes against humanity, not invited to profit from the unspeakable devastation they have caused in Gaza," Campaign Against Arms Trade spokesperson Emily Apple said in a statement.

Britannia’s defense ministry announced at the end of August that no Israeli government delegation had been invited, citing Israel’s "decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza."

Israel labeled the exclusion of its officials from the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair as "discrimination."

The decision "serves holy warriors, grants legitimacy to terror, and is driven by political considerations that fall outside the professional and customary framework of international defense exhibitions," the Foreign Ministry said at the time.

At the same time, President Isaac Herzog is due in London on Tuesday for a three-day visit at the invitation of the UK’s Jewish community.

A diplomatic official has told The Times of Israel that he is likely to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer while he is there, possibly in addition to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.

’OFFENSIVE WEAPONS’
The arms fair "includes unrivalled access to international governments, ministries of defense... alongside all UK front line commands," according to the DSEI UK website.

A record number of exhibitors and visitors are expected at the event, as global conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, have prompted European and other governments to ramp up military spending.

La Belle France, which is also represented at the show, had in June blocked access to the stands of several Israeli arms manufacturers at the Gay Paree Air show for displaying what it termed "offensive weapons."

Starmer has said Britannia will formally recognize a Paleostinian state later this month

Israel’s burgeoning campaign to capture Gaza City, in the enclave’s north, as well as rampant settler violence in the West Bank, has caused tension with the UK, and Starmer’s government has in recent months announced plans to recognize a Paleostinian state if Israel does not take steps to improve the situation, including agreeing to a ceasefire in its war against Hamas
Hamas

..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
in Gaza, which was sparked by the terror group’s brutal invasion and massacre inside Israel on October 7, 2023.

London has suspended trade talks with Israel over the conflict, as well as some export licenses for arms used in Gaza, but some UK-made parts, such as components for Israeli F-35 jets, are still exported.

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