Robertson defends grants to arms firms linked to Israel – The Herald 

The National front page 06/12/2024

The front page reports Angus Robertson has defended Scottish Government grants to arms firms supplying Israel.

1. ANGUS Robertson has defended Scottish Government grants to arms firms supplying Israel, saying that they are not “direct funding for the manufacture of weapons”.
   It comes in the wake of a major new report which concluded that there is a genocide taking place in Gaza.
   On Thursday, Amnesty International published a 296-page investigation into the Israeli siege of and assault on Gaza since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. It concluded that the Israeli government “not only foresaw but intended” mass Palestinians deaths and that there was “sufficient” evidence to state that they had breached the UN Genocide Convention.
2. In the wake of Keir Starmer’s keynote speech where he outlined “six milestones” in a “plan for change” – which seem to have replaced the “five missions” from the Labour General Election manifesto – the UK Government said it would also be working on delivering in the devolved nations.