Pro-Palestinian activists damage planes at UK military base
Update Above, the Royal Air Force station RAF Brize Norton in Carterton, west of London. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/62rye Updated 1 min 5 sec ago Reuters June 20, 2025 08:41 Campaign group Palestine Action said that its activists had entered the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire and escaped undetected LONDON: Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England on Friday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refueling and transportation. Palestine Action said two members had entered the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, putting paint into the engines of the Voyager aircraft and further damaging them with crowbars. “Despite publicly condemning the Israeli government, Britain continues to send military cargo, fly spy planes over Gaza and refuel US/Israeli fighter jets,” the group said in a statement, posting a video of the incident on X. “Britain isn’t just complicit, it’s an active participant in the Gaza genoci...