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BRITAIN COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE - IMPORTANT 
Yesterday in the High Court, the UK's
complicity in atrocity crimes in Gaza
was exposed. The key points:
1/ In response to questioning, the
government was forced to admit that
"Israel is not committed to complying
with international humanitarian law"
by its own assessment
2/ The government waited 5 weeks
to act on the assessment (made 24
July 2024) that UK weaponry were, at
risk of being used in serious violations of international humanitarian law and that arms exports should be
suspended.
3/ During that delay between 24 July
and 2 September, 1,716 Palestinians
were killed by Israel, according to
@UNOCHA.
4/ Instead of acting promptly, the
UK explicitly chose to prioritize the
"risk to the UK/US relationship
over Palestinian lives when deciding
to continue exporting F-35 war jet
components. By its own admission
political expediency won.
5/ Phillippa Kaufmann KC, acting
for @ALHaq, said the gov was using
a "categorically wrong" and *highly
improper" approach to assess
whether Israel had breached IHL,
which led to "flawed" decisions being
made as to whether to suspend
licences.
6/ "Arms control experts and
researchers say Israel has relied
on F-35s for a high volume of air
strikes in Gaza and, more recently,
in Lebanon over the past 13 months.
UK-made parts make up 15 percent of the jets."
7/ The backdrop to this decision is
also important. @DeclassifiedUK has
reported that the UK has conducted
over 200 spy flights over Gaza,
trained Israeli military personnel, &
facilitated Israeli military plane visits
since the onset of the Gaza conflict.
8/ We're now seeking to challenge
the Sept decision not to suspend all
licences, the exemption for the F-35,
& decisions by the former Tory gov not to suspend licences in Dec '23 and April & May this year. The next hearing will be in January.
Credit @Gocuinn. Please follow and support him.
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