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British government abandons British flotilla activists

Anti-terror police arrested four British activists on their return from attempting to break the Gaza siege on the Global Sumud Flotilla. They had already arrested Sarah Wilkinson when she returned, which takes the total to five.

Flotilla activists abandoned by government

Israel illegally abducted 13 British citizens in international waters. They were on board the Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.

The activists detailed awful conditions in Israeli captivity, and criticised the British Government for the lack of support.

But when Malcolm Ducker, Hannah Schafer, Sid Khan, and Jim Hickey returned to the UK, authorities put them through further detention.

Authorities released two of the activists – Hickey and Khan – relatively quickly. But both Ducker and Schafer were detained for around two hours.

Double standards

Many social media users raised questions about the IOF soldiers being able to freely return to the UK after participating in genocide.

So killing babies and children is okay. But trying to deliver food to starving babies is unacceptable?

Back in 2023, Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell said the following, in response to a parliamentary question:

The IDF is a recognised armed force and British nationals are both able to volunteer into the IDF and eligible for national service. For Israel, one does not have to be Israeli to serve in the IDF.

Recently, Starmer decided to ban IOF soldiers from studying at one of the UK’s “most prestigious” military academies.

Recently, the UK has recognised the state of Palestine. Since then, legal professionals have confirmed that the police can prosecute Brits for serving in the IDF in Gaza and the West Bank.

However, the law cannot be applied retrospectively. This means British soldiers who fought for the IDF in the two years before the UK recognised the state of Palestine cannot be prosecuted.

This means the government will allow countless soldiers who have spent the last two years murdering children to roam free in Britain.

Why does the UK suddenly care?

When Israel initially abducted the activists, the British Government did not appear to care.

Starmer even said, in a statement, that:

I’ve always said that the Israeli Government must obviously act in line with international law. It’s obviously up to them to take those decisions [on detentions].”

He had no interest in getting the activists home. But as soon as they arrive? Detained.

Starmer will oversee the detention of peaceful activists – attempting to break a decades-long, illegal siege on Gaza. Yet he will allow IDF soldiers who may well have killed hundreds of innocent people on behalf of a terrorist state to walk Britain’s streets without consequence.

Feature image via France 24 English/Youtube 

By HG

This post was originally published on Canary.