我們需要一個統一運動，反對Starmer的軍國主義和緊縮

今天，5月16日星期五，到目前為止，超過100名巴勒斯坦人在以色列空襲中喪生。自種族滅絕於2023年10月開始以來，總數確認被殺

Today, Friday 16 May, so far over 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. The total confirmed killed since the genocide began in October 2023 now stands at over 53,000. The scale of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza is entirely documented and the highest courts in the world have deemed it plausible genocide and issued an arrest warrant for its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

今天，5月16日星期五，到目前為止，超過100名巴勒斯坦人在以色列空襲中喪生。自種族滅絕於2023年10月開始以來，總數已被殺死，現在超過53,000。以色列在加沙的暴行的規模已完全記錄在加沙，世界上最高的法院認為其合理的種族滅絕，並為其總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）簽發了逮捕令。

In the words of its own prime minister and government officials, the stated aim of Israel’s brutal and escalating assault is to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza entirely. It’s why the IDF continues to deliberately bomb hospitals, schools and tented refugee camps and,for the last two months, has refused to let any humanitarian aid into Gaza at all, causing mass starvation among the Palestinian population.

用自己的總理和政府官員的話說，以色列殘酷而不斷升級的襲擊的目的是完全使巴勒斯坦人完全從加沙清除。這就是為什麼IDF繼續故意轟炸醫院，學校和帳篷難民營的原因，在過去的兩個月中，拒絕將任何人道主義援助完全納入加沙，從而在巴勒斯坦人口中引起大規模的飢餓。

This week, challenged in the High Court for continuing to maintain the supply of parts for F-35 fighter jets that Israel is using to carry out its deadly airstrikes in Gaza, lawyers on behalf of the government argued that maintaining the supply of F-35 fighter jets was more important than preventing genocide.

本週，在高等法院質疑以色列用來維持F-35戰鬥機的零件供應，以色列用來在加沙進行致命的空襲，代表政府代表政府認為維持F-35戰鬥機的供應比防止種族滅絕更重要。

A recent report by the Palestinian Youth Movement exposed the fact that the Labour government has lied about suspending arms exports that could be used for offensive purposes in Gaza (apart from the F-35 parts of course). It also revealed that Labour has licenced more military equipment to Israel in October – December 2024, than the Tories did in 2020 – 2023 combined. In the last year alone, Britain has flown over 600 surveillance and reconnaissance flights over Gaza providing information to the Israeli military that is likely used in the targeting of Palestinian civilians.

巴勒斯坦青年運動的最新報告暴露了一個事實，即工黨政府撒謊，暫停了可以在加沙的進攻目的的武器出口（當然，除了F-35部分）。它還揭示了工黨在2024年10月至12月12日向以色列許可的軍事設備比2020年至2023年的保守黨合併。僅在過去的一年中，英國就進行了600多次監視和偵察飛行，而加沙則向以色列軍方提供了信息，該航空可能用於針對巴勒斯坦平民。

There can be no doubt that Keir Starmer and David Lammy are active participants in Israel’s genocide. But what should also be made clear is that it is ordinary British people that are paying the price for this deadly foreign policy.

毫無疑問，凱爾·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）和大衛·拉米（David Lammy）是以色列種族滅絕的積極參與者。但是，還應該明確的是，正是普通的英國人民為這項致命的外交政策付出了代價。

The cost of those surveillance flights runs in the tens of millions. The F-35 spare part supply chain that the government believes is sacred is produced by BAE Systems which is contracted by the British government with public money. Last year, BAE Systems made £3bn in profit, and it’s CEO Charles Woodburn boasted that they were “well positioned to capture additional defence spending”. No surprises then when Keir Starmer announced an additional £13bn in defence spending in February, the company’s stock jumped 4.4%.

這些監視航班的成本佔數千萬。政府認為是神聖的F-35備件供應鍊是由英國政府與公共資金合同的BAE系統生產的。去年，BAE Systems賺了30億英鎊的利潤，首席執行官查爾斯·伍德本（Charles Woodburn）吹噓他們“有能力捕獲額外的國防支出”。那時，當Keir Starmer在2月宣布額外的130億英鎊的國防支出時，該公司的股票增長了4.4％。

The increase of £13bn in defence spending, to 2.7% of GDP and plans to raise it to 3%, is being directly funded by cuts to the foreign aid budget and Personal Independence Payments for disabled people. This extra money is readily available to fund weapons of mass destruction but couldn’t avoid the cuts to winter fuel allowance for the elderly, scrap the two-child benefit cap that has pushed 1 in 3 children into poverty, or fund our NHS and education sector which are crumbling.

國防支出的增加到130億英鎊，達到了GDP的2.7％，併計劃將其提高到3％，這是由外國援助預算和殘疾人個人獨立支付的削減直接資助的。這筆額外的錢很容易為大規模殺傷性武器提供資金，但無法避免削減老年人的冬季燃料津貼，廢除將三分之一的兒童陷入貧困或為我們的NHS和教育部門提供損害的雙孩子福利上限。

How else can this be seen except a robbery of working-class people and our vital public services in order to line the pockets of arms dealers responsible for facilitating genocide? This is Starmer’s war abroad funded by war on working people at home. They are two sides of the same coin.

除了搶劫工人階級的人和我們重要的公共服務以外，還可以看出這還可以看見這一點，以便對負責促進種族滅絕的武器經銷商排列？這是斯塔默（Starmer）的戰爭，由在家中為勞動人民戰爭提供資金。它們是同一枚硬幣的兩個方面。

We need a united movement against Starmer’s militarism and austerity. It’s why one of the main slogans of The People’s Assembly’s national demonstration on 7 June is ‘Welfare not Warfare’. The fight to stop the cuts, to fund our public services, to tax the rich are part and parcel of opposing spending public money on sending weapons to Israel.

我們需要一項統一運動，反對斯泰默的軍國主義和緊縮政策。這就是為什麼6月7日人民議會國家示威活動的主要口號之一是“福利不是戰爭”。停止削減，為我們的公共服務徵稅，徵稅的鬥爭是反對花錢向以色列發送武器的一部分。

On 7 June, we need a sea of Palestinian flags in the midst of trade unionists and striking workers, disabled people and housing activists, climate campaigners and ordinary people from all walks of life, marching through London and taking the fight straight to Keir Starmer. We will demand an

6月7日，我們需要在工會主義者和引人注目的工人，殘疾人和住房活動家，氣候運動的人和普通人中的各行各業，穿越倫敦並直接將戰鬥直接帶到Keir Starmer。我們將要求一個