Speaking to PoliticsJOE, Khan said that we should be “holding the Israeli government to account” over its actions in Gaza.
The Mayor of London has called for an immediate halt on British arms exports to Israel.
Sadiq Khan’s intervention comes after more than three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, were among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges who warned that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.
The signatories have warned that the present situation in Gaza is “catastrophic” and that given the international court of justice (ICJ) finding that there is a plausible risk of genocide being committed, the UK is legally obliged to act to prevent it.
Speaking to PoliticsJOE, Khan said that we should be “holding the Israeli government to account” over its actions in Gaza.
His comments come after seven international aid workers, including three British citizens, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday. John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in Monday’s strike.
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