Britain Arrests An 84-Year-Old Priest Under Terror Laws; But Israel’s Arms Firms Get This

Right, so. Britain has apparently found the threat.She’s 84 years old, she’s a retired Anglican priest, she walks with a stick, wears a clerical collar and a crucifix, and for this the state has decided terrorism law is the appropriate tool.Meanwhile Elbit Systems gets more contracts.Its executives get conference seats.Its technology gets plugged into British military systems.And another Israeli state arms company with a presence in Britain ends up operating through a supposedly Dutch corporate structure but doesn’t have any Dutch employees. The actual people and business activity seem to be over here.But yes. Obviously. The elderly with their placards are the danger, that sign could give you a nasty paper cut, the fiends.Grannies in the street travelling in groups armed with walking sticks and wheelchairs and a bag of Werther’s original are who you need to watch out for, not the targeting systems. Not the arms executives. Not the companies being welcomed into Britain’s military establishment. As much as we can poke a lot of fun at the framing here, because we all know how ridiculous this looks, this is more than one odd arrest. Not one copper having a funny five minutes. Britain has built a system which treats opposition to Israeli arms companies as a security threat, while treating those companies themselves as respectable partners and it’s all going on at the same time.