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Media Reports: British Company sent 1,000 ammunition containers to "Israel" during aggression on Gaza
London - Saba: British media reports indicate that a British engineering company sent more than 1,000 ammunition containers to an Israeli company, the primary supplier to the occupation army, during the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. According to what was published Monday, by the British websites Declassified and Detach, new documents confirm that the British company Bermuda Industries sent more than 1,000 ammunition containers to the Israeli company Elbit Systems since October 2023, at the height of the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip, raising concerns about arms export controls in the United Kingdom. British reports indicated that the Durham-based engineering company sent 16 shipments of storage containers weighing more than 100 tons to Elbit Systems, which produces a range of weapons for the Israeli occupation army, including 155mm and 122mm artillery shells. The Bermuda Industries website indicates that the company produces a "wide range of ammunition containers" for belted ammunition, cartridges, mortar shells, and artillery shells. 920 containers were shipped to Elbit's Ramat Hasharon plant between October 2023 and April 2025, with another 160 containers shipped to Elbit's Advanced Technology Center in Haifa in December 2023. Elbit is a major supplier of mortars to the Israeli military and has participated in the design and manufacture of ground systems and products for armored vehicles, artillery systems, and shells used in the Gaza War. The Israeli military has also tested and deployed several mortar systems since the start of the offensive, including the Iron Sting system, which has a range of 1 to 12 kilometers. According to the documents, 360 containers were sent in April 2025, as the Israeli attack on Gaza escalated. The shipments were transported by the Israeli shipping company Zim to the port of Ashdod. Declassified estimated the total weight of these shipments at more than 135 tons. The UK Department for Business and Trade told Declassified: "We have a strict licensing regime for the export of controlled goods, and we have suspended all licenses for items intended for the Israeli military that may be used in military operations in Gaza. This is based on our assessment that these items may be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law, subject to specific measures taken for the global F-35 program." Britain is witnessing ongoing demonstrations demanding an end to arms exports to the Zionist enemy, the most recent of which was the siege of Parliament by 10,000 protesters last Wednesday. Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn also introduced a bill calling for a full, public, and independent investigation into the UK's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, asserting that the government continues to permit the supply of weapons to a country whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court. In previous press statements, Corbyn said, "The continued supply of components for the F-35 fighter program is disgusting and must be investigated." He asked, "Is this an exception to the government's legal obligations to prevent genocide? One thing is beyond doubt: this government continues to permit the supply of weapons to a country whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity." With American and European support, the enemy has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of 54,927 civilians, most of them children and women, in addition to more than 11,000 missing persons. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ben Folds Resigns From National Symphony Orchestra Role as Trump Seizes Kennedy Center
Ben Folds has resigned as artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra as President Donald Trump took charge of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 'Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO,' Folds wrote on Instagram Wednesday, Feb. 12. 'Not for me.' More from Rolling Stone How the Village People Went From 'Y.M.C.A.' to MAGA Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk: 'You Don't Get to Slither Around in the Dark' How Trump Plans To Make Enemy FBI Staffers' 'Lives a Living Hell' Folds was named the NSO's first artistic advisor in 2017. Since then, he's primarily spearheaded the 'Declassified' concert series, which finds the NSO reimagining classical and contemporary music alongside an array of different artists. Past performances have included Julien Baker, Sara Bareilles, Jon Batiste, Jacob Collier, and William Shatner. In his resignation note, Folds thanked his various collaborators at the Kennedy Center and the NSO, and spoke about how much it's meant to him to spend eight years 'encouraging thousands of fresh new audiences to appreciate symphonic music.' He closed by thanking the NSO itself, saying, 'Mostly, and above all, I will miss the musicians of our nation's symphony orchestra — just the best.' Last week, Trump announced his plans to gut the board of trustees at the Kennedy Center, including its chairman, billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein. He said the board did 'not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.' Folds' note coincides with today's news that Trump has officially been elected as the center's new chairman (via The New York Times). He's also named Richard Grenell — former ambassador to Germany during Trump's first term — the center's interim executive director, and filled the board with loyalists such as Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Second Lady Usha Vance. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
