Palantir UK chief walks away from Gaza genocide questions

DANIA AKKAD, Hanna-Johara Dokal and Alex Morris
February 19, 2026

Louis Mosley wouldn’t say if Israel has battle-tested the technology he’s just sold Britain’s military. Neither did the MoD.

It’s a rainy Wednesday evening in Mayfair and we’re waiting outside the BAFTA building where a historic event is about to take place.

Inside, American tech firm Palantir is holding a drinks reception for British politicians and military officials to celebrate a new £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Outside, protesters are gathering, angry that Palantir’s technology has been supplied to Israel at a time when its military has killed huge numbers of people in Gaza.

There are even concerns that Peter Mandelson, friend of notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, helped to broker the deal with the MoD.

So when we see Palantir’s UK chief Louis Mosley walking down the road, one of us calls out: “Has your technology been used to facilitate war crimes in Gaza?

“Is this the same technology that you are selling to the British army?”

He did not respond.

‘Mostly terrorists’

Palantir has been making headlines all over the world in recent months from the Epstein files, to ICE raids in the US and Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Two months ago, Palantir signed a three-year Ministry of Defence contract worth £240m to “modernise UK defence” by “supporting critical strategic, tactical and live operational decision making” in the armed forces.

The contract was awarded without competition. The MoD has said this was “due to an absence of competition for technical reasons” and because there were “no reasonable alternatives”.

The deal was only the first step in a strategic partnership agreed between the company and the MoD last September which will see Palantir base its European headquarters in the UK and invest £1.5bn “to deliver new jobs, growth and national security”.

In January 2024, Palantir also agreed to a strategic partnership with the Israeli defence ministry “to help the country’s war effort”, according to media reports.

But it is unclear exactly what technology Palantir has supplied to Israel as part of that new partnership, and whether or how any of that technology – or technology previously supplied to the country – has been used in Gaza.

Palantir has denied being involved in Lavender and Gospel, two AI systems that the Israeli military has used to target Palestinians in Gaza.

British defence secretary John Healey and Palantir CEO Alex Karp sign the partnership agreement in September 2025 (Photo: Lucy North/Alamy)

In a public forum in 2025, Palantir’s CEO Alex Carp was confronted by a protester who said the company’s AI technology killed Palestinians. “Mostly terrorists, that’s true,” he responded.

He then said he supported the protester’s right to free speech, but questioned why she wouldn’t let him give his side. “If your argument is that strong, why will you not let the other side talk?” he said to applause.

“By the way, the pain of Palestinians is something that everybody – and anyone who dies in war, obviously people care about – I care about that,” he said.

“The obvious solution to war is to have the West having the strongest, most precise deadly weapons possible so that we can minimise unnecessary, innocent deaths.”

Declassified asked Palantir on Thursday if it knew whether any of the technology it has provided to Israel has been used for targeting in Gaza, but did not receive an immediate response.

When asked, the MoD did not clarify for Declassified whether it was buying technology from Palantir that has been battle-tested in Gaza.

A spokesperson said:  “Palantir is a significant investor in the UK economy, and we have a decade-long partnership with them.

“There are robust processes in place to ensure government contracts are awarded fairly and transparently. All suppliers are subject to rigorous due diligence and must deliver value for money while complying with our security and legal obligations.”
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