Arms sales to Israel: UK should end arms sales to Israel, say legal experts
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Lawyers and academics write to the PM saying he risks breaking international law over a "plausible risk of genocide" in Gaza.

In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza.

PM Rishi Sunak is already facing growing cross-party pressure after seven aid workers were killed in an air strike.

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
        3·
        6 months ago

        So then who is the “rules for thee, but not for me” part? It’s British people calling on Britain to do something.

      • livus@kbin.social
        1·
        6 months ago

        From the aeticle:

        Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said there was “precedent” for suspending sales. Former PMs Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair both took similar action in 1982 and 2002 respectively.