The Labour Lord Hired By Israel’s Weapon Industry

Lord John Hutton, who was defence secretary under New Labour, has been appointed as the chairman of Pearson Engineering, an arms company in Newcastle. The move came just weeks after Pearson was taken over by Israel’s state-owned arms giant Rafael, as part of its “strategic expansion into the United Kingdom”. Rafael was founded in 1948 under the Israel Defence Forces’ (IDF) Military Science Corps, and currently makes many of the missiles and drones that Israel is using to bomb Gaza. Read the full report on our website