Richard Boyd Barrett
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we know that the end user was the Israeli military, right?
So the idea that, and it was a massive surge to 20 million of exports in 2024, the previous year was less than 2 million.
So it clearly would suggest a major, major, you know, being linked to the military assault that was going on in Gaza, that there was such a surge.
And the government approved it.
The government approved it.
Absolutely shocking.
You approve the license?
That's not true.
I can tell you because I've seen the documents from the Department of Enterprise.
They can prevent such export licenses being given if there is a possibility that what's being exported may be used to violate human rights or international law.
Of course there was.
At that point, the case had already been taken against Israel for genocide.
And we were in the midst of a slaughter, Barry.
We were in the midst of a slaughter.
Are we going to stop those kind of exports?
The end user is the Israeli military.
And even the fact that the level of exports that was improved jumped to 20 million that year.
Previously, it was, sorry, I should say in 2023, it was 12 million.
These are the years of the genocidal assault.