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Gillian Mackay: “By arming and supporting the Israeli military, these companies have made themselves complicit in the devastation of…”

On the recordAugust 23, 2026
By arming and supporting the Israeli military, these companies have made themselves complicit in the devastation of Gaza, the suffering of Palestinians and some of the gravest war crimes of this century.
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Gillian Mackay
Scottish Green Party

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Commenting on arms firms' lobbying against funding pause.

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