Guest
It’s hard to imagine a decision that is more impactful on a nation than a decision to go to war, or to arm and support the destruction of another country or its people in an act of genocide. And yet in Western nations, sometimes under the cover of so-called national security, such decisions are taken and executed in secrecy and with impunity, regardless of the cost to human life, both foreign and domestic, and damage to the environment. We have three guests, from the U.K. and Australia, that have been tracking the ongoing supply of military aid and intelligence to Israel, which continues despite the International Court of Justice decision on intermediary measures to prevent what it considers a plausible case of genocide of the Palestinian people. Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge is investigating what weapons Australia is exporting and where they end up; Peter Cronau, an investigative journalist from Declassified Australia is looking into satellite-generated signals intelligence shared by Australia with Israel to target Gaza; and Matt Kennard from Declassified UK has been reporting on similar aid from Britain, gleaned from spy planes flying out of Cyprus. Meanwhile, the most significant military aid is being supplied to Israel by the United States, sometimes bypassing Congressional approval, which in most cases is necessary, unlike in Australia where no parliamentary authorization for arms shipments is required.
