{"id":179174,"date":"2025-06-12T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179174\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:47:13","slug":"israeli-military-are-currently-being-trained-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179174\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli military are currently being trained in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK government have admitted that the Ministry of Defence is \u201ccurrently training\u201d Israeli<\/a> soldiers in Britain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2757\ufe0fBREAKING \u2014 The UK Ministry of Defence admits it is \u201ccurrently training\u201d Israeli military personnel in Britain.<\/p>\n

The Labour government has until now refused to answer questions about this, which we covered last year.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/zi3lqtQrWF<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6dfKv5YjB8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This has come to light after Rachel Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, tabled a written question to parliament. She asked<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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when the last time was that a member of the Israel Defense Forces was trained by the UK armed forces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In response, Luke Pollard, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), said:<\/p>\n

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As part of routine Defence engagement with Israel, the UK is currently training a limited number of Israel Defense Forces personnel on UK-based training courses.<\/p>\n

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The UK is literally training IDF soldiers to go back to Gaza and commit genocide.<\/p>\n

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we are an active participant in the genocide of palestinians, we are literally training death squads to murder and maim children and babies https:\/\/t.co\/YrJGuZA2tQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 el \u26a2 CERSEI\u2019S WIFE (@cerseicels) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is a shocking, damning admission.<\/p>\n

The UK is arming Israel. It is conducting surveillance flights for Israel. It is training military personnel for Israel.<\/p>\n

A full, independent, public inquiry into the UK\u2019s complicity in the Gaza genocide cannot come soon enough. https:\/\/t.co\/nOBeG2IbQL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A cover-up over Israeli military training<\/p>\n

In October 2024, Declassified revealed<\/a> that the UK government was \u201ccovering up\u201d the training of Israeli military personnel. In response to a Freedom of Information request, the MOD said that they \u201cheld\u201d information related to Israeli armed forces training in Britain. However, they refused to disclose it in order to \u201cprotect personal information\u201d and \u201cbecause some of the information has the potential to adversely affect relations with our allies\u201d. Obviously, Israel.<\/p>\n

The UK should be jailing these criminals. Yet instead, our government is training them.<\/p>\n

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We should be jailing these people, not training them https:\/\/t.co\/BKdMA8x8fB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Ramsay (@AdamRamsay) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Back in 2020, the UK signed a military cooperation agreement with Israel, which they have said will remain \u2018completely secret\u2019. So much for a democracy.<\/p>\n

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This actually makes my stomach turn. Britain\u2019s complicity in genocide is utterly shameful. Hundreds of thousands of people have protested this on British streets and the Labour Party wilfully ignore the public. And we call ourselves a democracy? Laughable. https:\/\/t.co\/WeNZHvNf7N<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rima | \u0631\u064a\u0645\u0627 (@reems84) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Did you know the UK signed a new military cooperation agreement with Israel in 2020?<\/p>\n

Did you know the British government has said the agreement will remain completely secret?<\/p>\n

Britain is not a democracy<\/p>\n

Are there any whistleblowers of conscience in the Ministry of Defence? pic.twitter.com\/n5l0czwBua<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The UK has also been regularly conducting \u2018surveillance\u2019 flights for Israel. Smells like co-conspiracy to me.<\/p>\n

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The UK is arming Israel.
The UK is conducting surveillance flights for Israel.
The UK is training military personnel for Israel.
\ud83e\udd2c\u2b07\ufe0f\ud83e\udd2c https:\/\/t.co\/7HpNmX7jkj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 StevieB (@StevieB09074258) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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thanks to @10DowningStreet<\/a> & @DavidLammy<\/a> the UK will not just be remembered as complicit in the #GazaGenocide\u200c<\/a>, we\u2019ll be seen as active participant\u2019s https:\/\/t.co\/S2sPsXNOvf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 neil merriman (@NeilMerriman) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is there any wonder the UK refused to condemn Israel\u2019s genocide on the Palestinian people?<\/p>\n

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In the midst of a genocide the UK is arming Israel, conducting surveillance flights for Israel and training military personnel for Israel.<\/p>\n

No wonder the UK government can\u2019t admit Israel is committing a genocide because it will be charged with aiding and abetting https:\/\/t.co\/wWeF2S6xSj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Muttaqi (@Omnimojo) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Only this week, the UK has sanctioned<\/a> two Israeli ministers \u2013 Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The two will face travel bans and asset freezes. Yet, the UK government is training these extremists.<\/p>\n

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Days after the UK sanctioned two Israeli ministers for \u201cextremist\u201d comments, it turns out we\u2019re training their military to carry out extremist acts<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s position on Israel is morally backwards & indefensible https:\/\/t.co\/VKEdoMyAVp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Housden (@JoshHousden) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This latest admission is damning. It is clearer than ever that the UK is not just complicit in Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza: it is an active participant. Let\u2019s face it \u2013 the government will never really take a stand against a state it is aiding and abetting.<\/p>\n

Feature image via the Canary<\/p>\n

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