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SvennoJ on 12 November 2025
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Elbit systems signs agreement with Albania: Report

Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that the Israeli defence company Elbit Systems has signed an agreement with Albania to supply a range of advanced artillery and drone systems, while also helping develop Albania’s domestic defence industry.

The deal, which Haaretz states was signed in September, includes 155mm ATMOS howitzers, 120mm SPEAR mortar systems based on Elbit’s CARDOM design, and two types of short-range tactical drones, the Magni-X and Thor.

Haaretz stated that the agreement reflects deepening defence ties between Israel and Albania, in line with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s goal of building the country’s local military production capacity.



UK court rejects Al-Haq appeal of arms exports to Israel

The Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq says its legal challenge against the UK government’s continued licensing of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel has concluded after the Court of Appeal in London rejected its request to appeal a High Court ruling.

The case, launched in December 2023, sought to halt Britain’s export of F-35 parts that enter the global supply chain reaching Israel. The court upheld the government’s position that such matters fall under executive authority rather than judicial review.

Al-Haq said the decision exposes an “accountability gap” that leaves governments’ foreign policy decisions, including arms exports, free from meaningful legal oversight, even when they may contribute to violations of international humanitarian law.

The group said the UK remains complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Al-Haq called on British MPs to demand full transparency from the government regarding its assessments of Israel’s conduct and to subject the continued supply of weapons to a democratic process.

Police use force to disperse pro-Palestine protest in New Jersey

Police in New Jersey used force to disperse a pro-Palestine protest held outside a synagogue in Livingston, where former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was scheduled to speak.

Demonstrators chanted against Gallant, accusing him of killing Palestinians in Gaza.

Among the protesters were Rabbis who waved Palestinian flags, wore keffiyehs, and carried signs reading “Protect children, arrest Gallant” and “Gallant guilty of genocide”.

The protest escalated when participants blocked the road leading to the synagogue, prompting police to move in.

Videos verified by Al Jazeera show police pushing back a crowd of peaceful protesters, some waving Palestinian flags and holding signs, before pinning several to the ground and dragging them away in handcuffs.

Police used batons to beat protesters who tried to intervene and help those being detained.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gallant over war crimes committed during the war on Gaza.

Police protecting a wanted war criminal, classy.


I know police do good as well, yet between UK police arresting people in wheelchairs for terrorism and USA going off the rails with ICE, as well as racial profiling still not being properly addressed, I've lost my trust in the police. It's a shame police departments don't see how this all reflects back on them. Just doing my job, fuck you. Your job is not to clear the road for wanted war criminals to pass.