PNN – Following the announcement of the ban on the “Palestine Action” movement in the UK, another campaign called “Palestinian Martyrs for Justice” began operating in the country.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Quds News Network, the goal of this activity is to expose the involvement of British companies in supporting the provision of weapons to the Zionist regime.
The Palestinian Martyrs for Justice Movement calls for a ban on the export of weapons used by the Israeli regime to bomb Palestinian civilians.
The protest methods of this movement are measures to draw public attention to “British industrial collusion with the Zionist regime,” the first of which was on August 26th, when four activists symbolically entered the Moog Aircraft Group to raise the issue of halting the production line of the F-16 and F-35 aircraft.
Activists in this movement have emphasized that they oppose turning Britain into a platform for supporting genocide and believe that any weapons produced in these factories will land on the heads of children in Gaza.
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Moog is responsible for producing military equipment for the Israeli regime, which has sent 10 shipments to the regime since December 2024.
The company is also responsible for designing and maintaining the control systems for the M-364 Leviathan training aircraft, which are linked to the fighter jets used by the Israeli regime to attack Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
In recent weeks, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested in the UK, with more than 500 of them arrested in London.
Amnesty International has declared this British action a “clear violation of Britain’s human rights obligations.”
The rallies, organized by pro-Palestinian campaigns and anti-war coalitions, began on Wednesday evening. Protesters first gathered in front of Chatham House to protest Herzog’s speech, and then gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office. Carrying placards with slogans such as “Support the International Criminal Court,” “Stop arms exports,” and “Immediate arrest,” the crowd called on the British government to fulfill its legal obligations.
Amnesty International UK also called for a halt to arms exports to the Zionist regime and support for the rulings of the International Criminal Court. The International Center for Justice for Palestine (ICJP) also announced that citing the International Criminal Court Act 2001, it has called for Herzog’s criminal responsibility to be investigated by London’s special war crimes police. This issue was widely reflected in the protesters’ slogans and demands.
The protests took place in a situation where the British Prime Minister, a day before the meeting, condemned the recent Israeli attack on Qatar and said he would raise the issue with Herzog. The released images of Herzog’s arrival at Downing Street also show that the atmosphere of the meeting was completely cold and without smiles. In contrast, Herzog’s office announced that he had expressed his opposition to recognizing an independent Palestinian state and called the sanctions against some extremist ministers in the Tel Aviv cabinet “unacceptable.”
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These gatherings are a continuation of the widespread wave of protests in Britain against the policies and crimes of the Zionist regime, which have intensified in recent months.
Last weekend alone, the Metropolitan Police reported the arrest of around 900 people in Parliament Square, mostly on charges of supporting groups that the government has designated as “terrorist organizations.” However, activists say the main aim of these measures is to silence street protests and limit solidarity movements with Palestine.
Wednesday’s protests in London once again showed that with increasing pressure on the Zionist regime in the political and legal arenas, the silence or complicity of Western governments has become a costly issue for them. In such an environment, the meeting between Starmer and Herzog on the eve of London’s sensitive decisions on recognizing an independent Palestinian state and the issue of arms exports could have important consequences for the direction of British foreign policy in the coming months.
On Tuesday, ahead of Herzog’s trip to London, the Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) organization announced that it had commissioned a legal team to apply for his arrest upon arrival in the UK.
Ismail Patel, the head of the organization, emphasized that “no official should be immune from attacks on civilians,” and stated: We demand justice and the arrest of the individual who openly supported the attacks on the people of Gaza. He added: Starmer’s invitation to Herzog is not only a sign of complicity, but also direct support for the genocide in Gaza.
At the same time, the International Center for Justice for Palestine (ICJP) also sent a letter to the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit, calling for an investigation into Herzog’s role in attacks against civilians, noting that even if he had diplomatic immunity, the London police could question him.
Strait’s comments come at a time when the British government has so far refrained from using the term “genocide” to describe the actions of the Zionist regime, calling them only “devastating and unacceptable.” A letter previously sent to the House of Commons by former British Foreign Secretary David Lammy states: Under the Genocide Convention, the crime is committed only when there is a specific intent to destroy a group. The British government has not concluded that Israel acted with such intent.