If there is a substantial risk that weapons could be used to conduct or enable major violations of humanitarian law, human rights law, or other serious crimes, then countries are required by international law to refuse the shipment of arms.
The chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Alicia Kearns, has stated that government attorneys have informed the UK that Israel is not abiding by its international obligations but that it has not revealed this information and is still exporting weapons.
With a warning that “famine is setting in,” the International Court of Justice issued a legally binding decision last week compelling Israel to increase the amount of aid going into Gaza.
This relates to the South African lawsuit alleging that Israel committed genocide.
Israel vehemently refutes the accusation, claiming that it is acting in military self-defense in response to Hamas’s October 7 strikes.
