Ministry of Defence admits UK is training Israeli military IN BRITAIN

The UK government have admitted that the Ministry of Defence is “currently training” Israeli soldiers in Britain. 

❗️BREAKING — The UK Ministry of Defence admits it is “currently training” Israeli military personnel in Britain.

The Labour government has until now refused to answer questions about this, which we covered last year.

👉 https://t.co/zi3lqtQrWF pic.twitter.com/6dfKv5YjB8

— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) June 12, 2025

This has come to light after Rachel Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, tabled a written question to parliament. She asked:

when the last time was that a member of the Israel Defense Forces was trained by the UK armed forces.

In response, Luke Pollard, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), said:

As part of routine Defence engagement with Israel, the UK is currently training a limited number of Israel Defense Forces personnel on UK-based training courses.

 

The UK is literally training IDF soldiers to go back to Gaza and commit genocide.

we are an active participant in the genocide of palestinians, we are literally training death squads to murder and maim children and babies https://t.co/YrJGuZA2tQ

— el ⚢ CERSEI’S WIFE (@cerseicels) June 12, 2025

This is a shocking, damning admission.

The UK is arming Israel. It is conducting surveillance flights for Israel. It is training military personnel for Israel.

A full, independent, public inquiry into the UK’s complicity in the Gaza genocide cannot come soon enough. https://t.co/nOBeG2IbQL

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 12, 2025

A cover-up over Israeli military training

In October 2024, Declassified revealed that the UK government was “covering up” the training of Israeli military personnel. In response to a Freedom of Information request, the MOD said that they “held” information related to Israeli armed forces training in Britain. However, they refused to disclose it in order to “protect personal information” and “because some of the information has the potential to adversely affect relations with our allies”. Obviously, Israel.

The UK should be jailing these criminals. Yet instead, our government is training them.

We should be jailing these people, not training them https://t.co/BKdMA8x8fB

— Adam Ramsay (@AdamRamsay) June 12, 2025

Back in 2020, the UK signed a military cooperation agreement with Israel, which they have said will remain ‘completely secret’. So much for a democracy.

This actually makes my stomach turn. Britain’s complicity in genocide is utterly shameful. Hundreds of thousands of people have protested this on British streets and the Labour Party wilfully ignore the public. And we call ourselves a democracy? Laughable. https://t.co/WeNZHvNf7N

— Rima | ريما (@reems84) June 12, 2025

Did you know the UK signed a new military cooperation agreement with Israel in 2020?

Did you know the British government has said the agreement will remain completely secret?

Britain is not a democracy

Are there any whistleblowers of conscience in the Ministry of Defence? pic.twitter.com/n5l0czwBua

— Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) June 12, 2025

The UK has also been regularly conducting ‘surveillance’ flights for Israel. Smells like co-conspiracy to me.

The UK is arming Israel.
The UK is conducting surveillance flights for Israel.
The UK is training military personnel for Israel.
🤬⬇️🤬 https://t.co/7HpNmX7jkj

— StevieB (@StevieB09074258) June 12, 2025

thanks to @10DowningStreet & @DavidLammy the UK will not just be remembered as complicit in the #GazaGenocide‌, we’ll be seen as active participant’s https://t.co/S2sPsXNOvf

— neil merriman (@NeilMerriman) June 12, 2025

Is there any wonder the UK refused to condemn Israel’s genocide on the Palestinian people?

In the midst of a genocide the UK is arming Israel, conducting surveillance flights for Israel and training military personnel for Israel.

No wonder the UK government can’t admit Israel is committing a genocide because it will be charged with aiding and abetting https://t.co/wWeF2S6xSj

— Muttaqi (@Omnimojo) June 12, 2025

Only this week, the UK has sanctioned two Israeli ministers – Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The two will face travel bans and asset freezes. Yet, the UK government is training these extremists.

Days after the UK sanctioned two Israeli ministers for “extremist” comments, it turns out we’re training their military to carry out extremist acts

The UK’s position on Israel is morally backwards & indefensible https://t.co/VKEdoMyAVp

— Josh Housden (@JoshHousden) June 12, 2025

This latest admission is damning. It is clearer than ever that the UK is not just complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza: it is an active participant. Let’s face it – the government will never really take a stand against a state it is aiding and abetting.

Feature image via the Canary