Case against Israel arms exports could be most important challenge in ‘generations’
A COURT case against the British government over arms exports to Israel could be the most important challenge to the legal system in “generations,” arms expert Andrew Feinstein has said.
The case, brought by the Global Legal Action Network and the human rights group Al-Haq, will be heard in the High Court on Monday.
It calls on the government to suspend all arms exports, citing a clear risk that these could be used by Israel to violate international law.
Currently only 30 out of 350 licences are suspended and components for the lethal F-35 fighter jet are exempt.
Speaking to the Morning Star’s deputy news editor Ceren Sagir in a video interview, Mr Feinstein warned that if the legal system sides with the British state as it has done before, effectively allowing it to “trample” over British and international law, “then we will be able to say without a shadow of a doubt that the legal system in Britain is broken.
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