The F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, failed to hit readiness marks for 6 straight years, GAO says stripes.com/theaters/us/20…

Arms control experts say the UK appears to have 'exempted itself from international law' Britain not reviewing Israel's conduct in Lebanon for arms export decisions middleeasteye.net/news/uk-govern… by Dania Akkad

Spain has frozen the purchase of arms from Israel middleeastmonitor.com/20241023-spain…

Trotz eklatanter Völkerrechtsverstöße in Gaza hat Deutschland seine Rüstungsexporte nach Israel massiv erhöht - allein seit August in Höhe von 94 Mio € - und verstößt damit gegen Art. 1 der Genfer Konventionen, den Gemeinsamen Standpunkt der EU und den Arms Trade Treaty.🧵

U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces by Sam Biddle theintercept.com/2024/10/25/afr…

Tata Advanced Systems Ltd signed agreement with Morocco’s National Defence Administration for the local production of 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicles, “largest deal of Indian-made armoured vehicles to date, both within India and on the global stage.” defenceweb.co.za/featured/moroc…

Some 80% of Hill 'experts' take $$ from arms makers, foreign interests responsiblestatecraft.org/think-tank/

Spain's Guardia Civil cancels arms deal with Israel's Guardian Ltd 15 million nine-millimeter rounds for $6.48 million, and Israeli firms will be excluded from any outstanding tenders. thecradle.co/articles-id/27…

Lockheed Martin lobbies for larger UK F-35 buy aviationweek.com/defense/aircra…

France seeks Rafale fighter jet deal with Bangladesh sundayguardianlive.com/world/france-s…

US has received nearly 500 reports alleging Israel used US-supplied weapons for attacks that caused unnecessary harm to civilians in Gaza, but has failed to comply with its own policies requiring swift investigations of such claims. wapo.st/3Yy8FgC

Abu Ghraib torture trial against U.S. military contractor CACI begins again theintercept.com/2024/10/31/abu…

⚡️BREAKING ⚡️161 states #VoteAgainstTheMachine at the UN General Assembly mandating NYC talks on #KillerRobots with ALL states for the first time! Read more: stopkillerrobots.org/news/161-state…

French public investment bank Bpifrance is seeking to increase the amount of export financing it can provide to small and medium-sized arms companies defensenews.com/global/europe/…

Incendiary weapons cause excruciating burns, respiratory damage, and lifelong suffering. There has been a dangerous increase in the use of incendiary weapons over the past year, having been used in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Syria. bit.ly/48Ej6DV

I drafted a new UN Global Firearms Programme report which examines diversion of firearms into illicit markets, and how criminal justice systems can investigate and prosecute arms traffickers. UNODC publications: unodc.org/unodc/en/firea… Download the report: prio.org/publications/1…

US Says it Will Not Limit Israel Arms Transfers After Some Improvements in Flow of Aid to Gaza “we at this time have not made an assessment that the Israelis are in violation of U.S. law." military.com/daily-news/202…

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Over de feitenvrije laster in een "geheim" rapport van een Israëlisch ministerie dat via de Jerusalem Post in Nederlandse kranten verschijnt zonder wederhoor. Beproefde methode om kritiek tegen te gaan. Dit moet hard veroordeeld worden, ook door politici. ad.nl/binnenland/isr…

Ik sprak hiervoor met Frank Slijper now only @frankslijper.bsky.social van PAX for peace