The UK Government Is Being Sued For Its Arms Exports To Israel
The UK is violating its own arms export criteria and, as such, is culpable of heinous war crimes.
The globe is watching in horror as Israel conducts tantamount genocide in Gaza. World leaders (and myself) are in agreeance that Israel has a right to defend itself against heinous atrocities, such as what happened on October 7th. But, the IDF’s actions in the Gaza Strip amount to far more and far worse than defence, with the Gazan civilian death toll rising distressingly rapidly and essential civilian infrastructure being utterly obliterated, while actual Hamas losses are minuscule in comparison. In response, not only have millions of protesters marched in capitals across the world calling for a ceasefire, but the governments closest to Israel, who stood by their suspect actions for decades, are now calling into question this support. Despite this, these governments’ support in terms of actual aid and supply to the Israeli state has been unflattering, even in the face of mass protests, humanitarian groups warnings, and internal tensions. However, for one of the nations, this support might soon be cut off, as it faces a potentially devastating watertight legal battle.
Before discussing this lawsuit, let’s first put this conflict into context. This is…
