As pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak to suspend arms sales, Labor has urged the government to issue any legal advice on whether Israel broke international law during its attack on Gaza.
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said: “The law is clear. The UK cannot issue arms licenses if there is a clear risk that the items could be used to commit or facilitate serious breaches of international humanitarian law.”
Earlier, Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary who served under Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair, said I The government must take action now due to Israel’s “inhumane” behavior in the war zone.
More than 600 lawyers, including a former Supreme Court judge, have warned that the government could breach international law by continuing to allow arms exports to Israel after three British aid workers were killed in Israeli air strikes.
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