Britain not reviewing Israel’s conduct in Lebanon for arms export decisions

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Protesters in London calling for a permanent ceasefire and for the UK government to stop arming Israel are met by counter-protesters holding Israeli flags, 13 April 2024 (Reuters)

The UK government says there is “no legal requirement” to assess Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law in its military conduct in Lebanon as part of its decision-making on licensing UK arms exports to Israel.

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer said on Monday that the suspension of 30 arms export licences to Israel last month means there are “no existing UK arms licences to Israel for use in Lebanon” apart from UK-made F-35 fighter jet components.

“So there is no legal requirement to assess [international humanitarian law] compliance,” Falconer said in response to a written question from Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed.

Arms control experts and human rights advocates were surprised by the admission which several said appeared to show that the government had decided to forgo international law.

“Under its legal obligations, the UK government cannot refuse to do IHL assessments for any of its arms export licences,” Martin Butcher, policy adviser on arms and conflict for Oxfam told Middle East Eye. 

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UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspeding 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspeding 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide.
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Thoughts of the Day 23 October 2024

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Mainline media are being fundamentally dishonest in presenting the killing of Chris Kaba. There is a concerted attempt to further excuse armed police from killing people, that is what it’s about. For example, a hard traffic stop is presented as a traffic stop. A hard traffic stop is an intentional crash to sandwich a car between 2 others front and back. If I was subjected to a hard stop, I would then expect to be killed by armed men (police or army) and it’s certainly not unreasonable or unexpected to try to escape.

Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner calls for police to kill and harass innocent people.
Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner calls for police to kill and harass innocent people.

You already don’t need to be armed to be killed by armed police in UK. It helps no end if you’re black but I’ve know people to be killed because of their names. I don’t regard myself as black but can get a very deep tan. My father was once told to “Get back to where you came from” to which he replied “What, Ely?”. Ely is an area of Cardiff.

It’s not that difficult to ram hard into the back of the car in front – it happens many times every day.

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