Monitors and media reports claim Britain is supplying Israel's army for its war in Gaza from military bases in Cyprus. Crowds of angry Cypriots gathered at a British air base on Sunday to protest against the alleged deployment of weapons to Israel for its brutal war in Gaza.
Britain is not obliged to seek permission from Cyprus for operations out of RAF Akrotiri Military Base under the terms of the bases’ presence on the island but there’s concern the conflict could spread with Iran backing the Houthis.
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Monitors and media reports claim Britain is supplying Israel’s army for its war in Gaza from military bases in Cyprus.
UK’s alleged use of Cyprus bases to arm Israel and hit Yemen draw protests
Monitors and media reports claim Britain is supplying Israel’s army for its war in Gaza from military bases in Cyprus.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA
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Protests at British Military Bases on Cyprus Used for Yemen Strikes
NICOSIA – The use of a British military base on Cyprus to make airstrikes against Houthi militia in Yemen who are attacking ships in the Red Sea brought protests from pro-Palestinian activists outside the gates.
- The base is one of two that Great Britain still has on the island which was a former colony before gaining independence, and the facility is heavily guarded, with dozens of police also present at the protest.
https://www.reuters.com/world/activists-protest-british-base-cyprus-used-yemen-strikes-2024-01-14/
“We are here because we condemn the complicity of the UK government and using Cypriot land for their agenda to support Israel in their onslaught of Gaza,” said Natalia Olivia of the Cyprus-based United for Palestine organization.
- That was in reference to Israel invading the Gaza Strip to hunt down Hamas terrorists who raided Israel in October, killing 1400 people and torturing an beheading children and babies.
- Another activist, Nicos Panayiotou, called the use of the British bases a disgrace.
- “They are using Cypriot land to do something every Cypriot is condemning,” he said.
Sunday’s demonstration was organized before Akrotiri was used for the strikes on Yemen amid perceptions – denied by Britain – that the base is being used to offer logistical support to Israel, the report added.A British Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “British Forces Cyprus continue to support the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and no RAF flights into Israel have transported any lethal cargo.”
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