It's just commerce so get over it...

Editor's note: This is why the UK's Boris Johnson (his handlers) is objecting to banning UK weapons and munitions from being sold to Israel as Israel continues its Greater Israel Construction Project in Gaza. Impressive is it not? The most technologically sophisticated fighter aircraft - allegedly - the F35 (BAE Systems manufactures important components for this aircraft) is being used by Israel's IDF to turn buildings in Gaza into powdered concrete with an estimated 33,137 dead Palestinians. Construction on the cheap. Those must be some incredibly brave test pilots considering how many could have possibly been trained in the UK? Nothing is surprising here between the UK and Israel considering Israel is Britain's "forward fire base" in the region to sabotage local interlopers on gas and oil energy. 
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Source: Declassified UK

Flagship British Firms Set To Profit Amid Israel's War On Gaza

Giant UK corporations that are backed by the government - BP and BAE Systems - are capitalising on lucrative contracts with Israel while it kills thousands of Palestinians.

Effects of destruction from Israeli bombing of the Al-Najjar family's home, east of

Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on 12 November 2023.

(Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

By John McEvoy | Novemeber 20, 2024

British energy giant BP and arms firm BAE Systems are set to profit from Israel amid its ongoing destruction of Gaza, Declassified has found.

While Israel’s military has killed over 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza, its government has announced the award to BP of a lucrative contract to explore for natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, arms firm BAE Systems, which manufactures key parts of the F-35 jets being used to support strikes on Gaza, has seen its share price rise in recent weeks.

A number of British Conservative MPs who rejected last week's parliamentary motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have shares in BP and BAE, which are both strongly linked to the UK government.

BP's new licences

On 29 October, Israel's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced that it had awarded new licences to six energy companies for offshore natural gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.

The announcement came a week after Israel bombed the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, killing dozens of people. The camp was bombed again two days later.

One of the bids was won by a joint consortium of British energy giant BP, Azeri national oil company SOCAR, and Israeli corporation NewMed Energy.

While the bids were made earlier this year, the timing of the announcement was designed to foster investor confidence in Israel amid its brutal war on Gaza.

"Even now, major natural gas exploration companies put their trust in Israel's robustness and want to invest here", Israel's energy minister Israel Katz said.

"The winning companies have committed to unprecedented investment in natural gas exploration over the next three years, which would hopefully result in the discovery of new natural gas reservoirs", he added.

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