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Corbyn slams UK for £240m deal with Israel-linked US tech giant Palantir (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Britain's Labour government for granting a major contract to US tech giant Palantir over its links to the Israeli military, in comments to Middle East Eye.

In December, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded Palantir, an American data and AI company, a £240 million ($323m) contract for "data analytics capabilities supporting critical strategic, tactical and live operational decision-making across classifications" over three years.

The new contract is worth three times more than a previous MoD contract with Palantir signed in 2022, and is set to see the tech giant play a major role in modernising the UK's armed forces. Britain has further pledged to invest up to £750m in opportunities with Palantir over the coming five years.

Corbyn, now an MP for the left-wing Your Party, told Middle East Eye on Wednesday: "From Trump’s anti-migrant authoritarianism to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Palanatir has enabled abominable human rights abuses around the world. "It is truly shameful that this government treats crimes against humanity as business opportunities."

A separate £330m deal Palantir struck with the British government to process National Health Service (NHS) data was widely criticised last summer, with the British Medical Association saying the deal "threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems".

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