Government lawyers will be examining whether Israel has breached international humanitarian law by holding back aid
Palestinians receive a bag of flour from an aid truck in the north of Gaza City , who worked as the Government’s top legal expert between 2010 and 2014, said Foreign Office lawyers are likely to be looking at whether aid is beingMr Grieve suggested such a legal judgement would be more straightforward for the UK to come to, as opposed to concluding whether Israel is acting proportionally in its
Last week, the UN’s top court ordered Israel to enable the unhindered flow of aid into Gaza to avert a famine. In particular, it states: “ should bring in the necessary foodstuffs, medical stores and other articles if the resources of the occupied territory are inadequate. Rishi Sunak said the Government would be keeping arms exports to Israel under “careful” review in the wake of the killing of three UK aid workers this week.
He added: “Get more aid into Gaza. That’s what we’ve consistently called for and what we want to see actually is an immediate humanitarian pause to allow more aid in, and crucially the hostages to be released, and that’s what we’ll continue to push for.”
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