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I'm pretty surprised so many people are ok with UK defensive capabilities being sabotaged, especially when there are multiple countries right now threatening us.
Being against Israel's war crimes is one thing (and obviously IMO the correct response), but breaking into an RAF base and destroying the engines of multiple planes obviously isn't something that should be tolerated or encouraged.
The one silver lining here is that at least it was "only" some idiotic protesters that exposed this lax security precautions, rather than a hostile nation state.
Given that the British government refuses to stop assisting war crimes, destroying the tools of the war crimes seems like the logical next step. These aren't just Israel's war crimes; they're also Britain's war crimes.
Edit: To clarify, the UK flies these planes over Gaza and gives the intel to Israel, which they use for targeting. The RAF is actively helping Israel murder Gazans.
Edit2: The way this is phrased implies the planes that were sabotaged were intelligence gathering planes used in Gaza. That's not what I intended and is false; these were refueling planes, and the planes used for intelligence gathering for Israel are being flown from Cyprus, not the home isles. I still believe the property of war criminals is fair game.
That is misinformation. The planes were Voyagers which are air-to-air refuelling tankers not intelligence-gathering planes. And before someone makes up more bullshit, no the RAF has not been refuelling Israeli planes. The Israelis use the US system, which is incompatible with the RAF system.
so what, we've been doing spy plane targeting for them and meeting IDF generals to discuss how we're going to best stamp down on Palestine activism, any damage helps.