A 17-page statement warning that the current situation in Gaza is “catastrophic” has been signed by over 600 lawyers and intellectuals, including three former justices of the Supreme Court.
Calls for the government to halt military sales to Israel have grown since an airstrike claimed the lives of three British relief workers.
Seven World Central Kitchen relief workers, including John Chapman, Jim Henderson, and James Kirby, lost their lives after a convoy carrying them on Monday was struck in what the Israel Defense Forces have described as a “grave mistake.”
The letter issues a warning, citing the International Court of Justice’s assessment that a credible risk of genocide exists.
