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📹NEW VIDEO -- British Lord Has MELTDOWN After Israel Questions. We Were Shocked. We got a furious response from the former Conservative minister Lord Michael Gove when we asked about his position on Israel at the Labour Conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqf5...

👉NEW -- UK boosts Saudi support after it kills Yemeni civilians by John McEvoy Wes Streeting once called for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. Now he’s helping its air force bomb Yemen. www.declassifieduk.org/uk-boosts-sa...

👉NEW -- Detective: Murder gang got guns from British army by @annecadwallader.bsky.social Sean Farmer was shot dead by off-duty soldiers and police in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, court told www.declassifieduk.org/detective-mu...

👉REVEALED -- The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza by Hamza Yusuf, Dania Akkad, Shaimaa Marwan, & Phil Miller Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

📹EXCLUSIVE -- We Exposed a British-Israeli Who Fought in Gaza Our latest video investigation exposes a British man who fought for the Israeli army in Gaza when war crimes appear to have been committed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzj3...

📹NEW VIDEO -- The truth about Israel, lobbying and the Labour Party How has Labour Friends of Israel managed to keep its sources of funding a secret? We spoke to journalist Solomon Hughes whose discovery gave us some answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvpo...

👉REVEALED -- The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry by Stéffie Banatvala & Giorgio Michalopoulos Satellite imagery shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

👉NEW -- Britain helped to kill ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN by John McEvoy Exclusive: UK foreign secretary boasted about “mounting a world wide lobbying exercise” against landmark motion. www.declassifieduk.org/britain-help...

👉NEW -- Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements by Martin Williams & Dania Akkad Amnesty International says Conservative donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements www.declassifieduk.org/tories-took-...

👉NEW -- British soldiers interrogated detainees before mass execution by Amaar Chowdhury UK helped Gulf monarchy crackdown on dissidents to keep control over Strait of Hormuz oil route www.declassifieduk.org/british-sold...

👉NEW -- I was a senior British army lawyer. This is the truth about ‘lawfare’ by Nicholas Mercer Concerns about elderly Northern Ireland veterans are being used to protect the SAS from the Afghanistan inquiry www.declassifieduk.org/i-was-a-seni...

👉NEW -- What the media isn’t telling you about Burnham’s support for Saudi Arabia by @ionacraig.com ‘Defensive’ refuelling of planes bombing Yemen can still cause war crimes. Just ask Keir Starmer www.declassifieduk.org/what-the-med...

📹NEW VIDEO -- Zack Polanski's plan to beat Labour on Israel, Trump and climate Can the Green Party leader win Keir Starmer's old seat? We sat down with Polanski to hear about his plans for the campaign in what looks set to be a tight race👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jA...

👉NEW -- Oxford academic challenges secrecy around university’s endowment fund by Dania Akkad Are fund managers investing Oxford’s money in companies linked to Israeli military operations? A tribunal will decide who has the right to know www.declassifieduk.org/oxford-acade...

Israeli colonel Nochi Mendel ordered a lethal airstrike on three British aid workers in Gaza and said he was "not sorry". IDF and British military commanders could now be asked to give evidence to an inquest about the massacre👇 www.declassifieduk.org/israel-kille...

👉NEW -- Israel killed three UK citizens. Now their families want answers by John McEvoy A coroner’s court has been asked to investigate Israel’s aid worker massacre and review surveillance tapes held by Britain’s military www.declassifieduk.org/israel-kille...

📹NEW VIDEO -- We followed the money trail to Israel British taxpayers funded ‘therapeutic healing’ for Israeli soldiers who fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zK...

👉NEW -- Starmer ‘complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen massacre by @ionacraig.com Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal. www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-comp...

Exclusive: Six registered British charities are openly fundraising for activities and infrastructure in illegal Israeli settlements, a Declassified investigation has found. www.declassifieduk.org/the-uk-chari...

👉NEW -- The UK charities sending nearly £2 million to illegal settlements by Melissa Müller Exclusive: Six British charities appear to funnel donations to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank www.declassifieduk.org/the-uk-chari...

🚨The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the UK-Israel military cooperation agreement signed in 2020 is still in place. This comes after the UK government announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements last week. Read more here: www.declassifieduk.org/secret-uk-is...

👉NEW -- How Israel’s arms industry is integrated into Britain’s military by John McEvoy Ed Miliband’s decision to leave the military relationship with Israel intact raises serious concerns about Britain’s compliance with international law. www.declassifieduk.org/how-israels-...

👉NEW -- Blair used Mandelson to court Syrian dictator by @markcurtis30.bsky.social Peter Mandelson claimed his 2001 visit to Syria had nothing to do with “politics” yet he carried a message from Tony Blair to Bashar Assad, declassified files show www.declassifieduk.org/blair-used-m...

The MoD recently gave a £10 million contract to an Israeli-owned arms firm which operates under the authority of minister Bezalel Smotrich -- who is subject to UK sanctions. Is Andy Burnham going to do anything about that? www.declassifieduk.org/uk-awarded-c...

Andy Burnham’s trade sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements stands in sharp contrast to this week last year when Keir Starmer welcomed Israel’s president to Downing Street. But do they go far enough? www.declassifieduk.org/do-andy-burn...

📹NEW VIDEO -- The UK sanctions Israel Israel has reacted furiously to Andy Burnham's decision to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, yet the UK-Israel military relationship remains intact. Do Burnham’s new measures go far enough? www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9_C...

👉NEW -- Do Andy Burnham’s sanctions on Israel go far enough? by Phil Miller & John McEvoy Stopping trade with Israeli settlements but leaving the military relationship intact could see Labour lose ground to the Greens www.declassifieduk.org/do-andy-burn...

👉NEW -- When Britain used torture to control the Strait of Hormuz by Amaar Chowdhury New details emerge about extreme measures used by British soldiers to support a Gulf autocrat www.declassifieduk.org/when-britain...

Jason Pearlman, the head of Reform Friends of Israel, worked as a media adviser for Israeli president Isaac Herzog. Pearlman said he has "great respect" for Benjamin Netanyahu and claimed Israel had not committed a single war crime in Gaza👇 www.declassifieduk.org/no-war-crime...

Did you know❓ The Israeli government spent £50,000 lobbying Reform UK. This came before deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influence in British politics👇 www.declassifieduk.org/israel-spent...

📹NEW VIDEO -- Were these Palestine activists wrongly sentenced as terrorists? Four Palestine Action activists will seek to appeal a ruling that their case has a "terrorism connection" after they smashed drones at an Israeli arms factory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv24...

While a British national fighting for Russia has been condemned as a "traitor", Britons serving for Israel are routinely humanised and their justifications reported without criticism👇 www.declassifieduk.org/its-ok-to-fi...

👉NEW -- It’s OK to fight for a foreign army (as long as they’re our friends) by @desfreedman.bsky.social That’s the unwritten rule for Britain’s media www.declassifieduk.org/its-ok-to-fi...

Declassified files expose how the UK has tried to control Venezuela’s oil for over a century, seeking to thwart nationalisation through political pressure, propaganda, and covert operations👇 www.declassifieduk.org/one-hundred-...

🚨BREAKING -- Keir Starmer announces his resignation as an MP to focus on "international affairs". The blood of Gaza will never wash from Keir Starmer’s hands. He should be tried in the Hague for his role in the genocide👇 www.declassifieduk.org/the-blood-wi...

UK minister Stephen Doughty is still just "calling on" Israel to uphold even the most basic commitment to human rights after nearly 3 years of genocide. www.gov.uk/government/n...

👉 NEW — Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action 'organisers' for Israeli arms factory raid By Dania Akkad After 37 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach verdicts on most of the charges www.declassifieduk.org/jury-refuses...

📹NEW VIDEO -- Cypriots FURIOUS as Britain confiscates land for spying The British army has requisitioned a large area of Cypriot land to build over 130 military antennas, which campaigners fear will be used to spy on the Middle East. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j6L...

👉NEW -- Exclusive: UK funded therapy for Israeli soldiers by Martin Williams British taxpayers subsidised ‘therapeutic healing’ for IDF soldiers after Israeli charity claimed Gift Aid, Declassified investigation finds www.declassifieduk.org/exclusive-uk...

Why is Venezuela's gold still frozen in the Bank of England? The Venezuelan government has requested the return of the gold, now worth some $4 billion, following a devastating earthquake in June👇 www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-venez...

“They’ve introduced a vetting process for us, which means we are only allowed to have contact with 20 people on the outside. That includes phone calls, visits, email and post”. We spoke to Ellie Kamio, sentenced as a "terrorist" for property damage👇 www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...

"Over time Media Lens has educated me to become more sceptical and re-examine my instinctive belief that Britain was a force for good... Meanwhile the British media and political establishment have made a habit of being calamitously wrong" - Peter Oborne www.declassifieduk.org/how-media-le...

👉NEW -- How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalism by Peter Oborne As Media Lens celebrates 25 years, Peter Oborne pays tribute to the dissident outlet that influenced his work www.declassifieduk.org/how-media-le...

Britain herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps and heavily bombed rural areas in its brutal colonial intervention in Malaya. 👉Britain’s forgotten war for rubber www.declassifieduk.org/britains-for...

The UK understood Washington’s invasion of Panama in 1989 was illegal but supported it anyway, declassified documents reveal. 👉‘Bang – just like that’: How Thatcher backed Bush in Panama www.declassifieduk.org/bang-just-li...

MPs have stopped publishing the names of their parliamentary staff. We previously exposed how Israel has been quietly financing UK parliamentary staff 👇 www.declassifieduk.org/how-israel-f...

An influential pro-Israel lobby group named ELNET has been quietly taking UK journalists on propaganda tours of Israel. The journalists who participated have written for the Telegraph, Spectator, and Mail on Sunday, among others. www.declassifieduk.org/lobby-group-...

👉NEW -- UK used Cyprus base to ‘secretly’ move ‘sensitive equipment’ by @markcurtis30.bsky.social & Phil Miller Declassified files raise further questions about the role of Britain’s Cyprus base in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza www.declassifieduk.org/uk-used-cypr...

Declassified files expose how the UK has tried to control Venezuela’s oil for over a century - seeking to thwart nationalisation through political pressure, propaganda, and intelligence operations👇 www.declassifieduk.org/one-hundred-...