Rishi Sunak has been warned that continuing to export weapons to Israel could be a breach of international law.
More than 600 lawyers and experts, including three former Supreme Court justices, made the warning in a letter over the situation in Gaza. The International Court of Justice concluded that there is a 'plausible risk of genocide' and the UK is therefore legally obliged to prevent it. Supreme Court President Lady Hale, former Supreme Court justices Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson were among those to sign the 17-page letter, alongside nine other judges and 69 KCs.
"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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