Stop the UK military training of IDF soldiers complicit in war crimes and genocide.

Posted: 2nd January 2026


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IDF soldiers complicit in war crimes and genocide.

Jade Wade started this petition, and it now has 5,248 signaturesIDF soldiers in the UK.
 

We demand that with immediate effect the UK Government suspend all military cooperation and training of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel on UK soil.The UK is currently providing training to members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—at a time when the Israeli military stands accused of committing war crimes and potential genocide in Gaza.

 

The United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and countless global legal scholars have raised the alarm over indiscriminate bombings, mass civilian killings, destruction of aid convoys, refugee camps, schools, and hospitals—all carried out by the IDF.

Yet the UK government continues to train Israeli military personnel on British soil, refusing to disclose the nature or locations of this support.

This not only betrays the UK’s supposed commitment to international humanitarian law but risks direct complicity in war crimes and genocide. Training a force engaged in collective punishment and ethnic cleansing is an unacceptable use of public resources and an affront to British values.

 

We demand the UK Government:

1. Immediately suspend all military training of Israeli personnel.

2. Disclose full details of all training and cooperation provided to the IDF.

3. Launch an independent investigation into the potential role UK training has played in human rights abuses.

4. Halt all arms exports and military support to Israel while these accusations persist.

5. Uphold the UK’s legal obligations under the Geneva Conventions and Arms Trade Treaty.

We will not stand by while our government enables war crimes. Sign now to demand that the UK ends its complicity in mass violence against civilians and takes immediate action to protect international law, human rights, and human lives.