By Vineet Malik | September 4, 2024 | London, England
The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary David Lindon Lammy’s announcement made on Monday to suspend approximately 30 out of 350 arms export Licences to Israel over pretence to comply with the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has drawn flak and brought another low for the newly formed Labour Government
Lammy said “It is with regret that I inform the House today the assessment I have received finds that for certain UK arms exports to Israel exists a clear risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of International Law (IL).
UK components for the multi-national F-35 joint strike fighter programme will be excluded from the decision except where going directly to Israel.”
As a matter of fact, Israel has been using its F-35 stealth fighter planes for its alleged genocidal war in Gaza.
The rear fuselage of F-35 in the global fleet is manufactured and assembled in Lancashire, located in North-West England.
15 Percent of every F-15 Stealth Fighter Plane is made in the UK.
Shadow World Investigations said “It is a scandal that took eleven months of genocide for the UK to reach such a limited response.”
These attacks amounts to comprehensible breach of the IHL and war crimes.
Danwatch exposed this fact through a news story with the evidence of Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approaching towards F-35 base to thank the pilots along with a confirmation received from Israeli military.
The UK government should end the supply of F-35 parts to Israel with immediate effect.
The Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan had placed a comprehensive report along with irrefutable evidence before the top Judges in the Hague with a plea to issue arrest warrants against Gallant and the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in May this year.
The UK Government is misleading the World by breaching the statues of the International Law that could risk its position for being complicit in the war crimes committed against civilians, including children and journalists in Gaza.
Furthermore, Lammy said “The UK continues to support Israel’s Right to self-defence in accordance with the IL."
Whereas, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese made it clear as in why Israel cannot invoke the Right to self-defence.
“Israel cannot claim the Right to sellf-defence under the IL as Gaza is a territory which it occupies from a territory that is kept under belligerent occupation. Israel is not threatened by another State. Instead, it has been threatened by an armed group within the occupied territory.”
Also, The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has time and again said “Brutality perpetrated by Hamas can never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
The Revelation call on the UK government to end the supply of F-35 parts to Israel with immediate effect.
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