MEDIA RELEASE: Arms to Israel court case reveals a ‘hiatus’ in legal assessments and a delay in important decisions
This government likes to claim we have a robust arms export licensing system. This claim is now in tatters.
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This government likes to claim we have a robust arms export licensing system. This claim is now in tatters.
This government is trying to derail this case because it is complicit in genocide and it knows it.
The UK government treats Palestinian lives with utter contempt, ignoring overwhelming evidence in favour of preserving the profits of arms dealers.
“This week people showed clearly that they will not stand by and let arms dealers meet in Bristol, and they will not be complicit in genocide"
Our government has failed us, and it has failed the Palestinian people, and it has failed its own citizens. It is down to us to take action.
As UK and international organisations working in and on the Occupied Palestinian Territory we are deeply concerned that the UK government still refuses to suspend arms transfers to Israel despite the clear risk that UK-licensed equipment might be used to carry out or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), including war crimes.
On 23rd February, UN experts demanded that arms exports to Israel must stop immediately. The unprecedented statement called on all states, including the UK, to immediately halt arms transfers, including export licences and military aid. The experts stated, without qualification, that “any transfer of weapons or
CAAT condemns the airstrikes carried out by the US and UK in Yemen. At a time when the region is extremely volatile these airstrikes are a further threat to peace in Yemen and beyond. Instead of supporting calls for a ceasefire, this government has chosen to ignore the genocide Israel is perpetrating in Gaza in
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