Lawyers from Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) have launched a High Court challenge over the continued export of F-35 components.
“The case today is about whether it is lawful for the UK government to continue selling weapons components into the global spare parts pool which serves Israel along with a lot of other Western states,” Senior Lawyer with GLAN, Dearbhla Minogue, tells Palestine Deep Dive.
In September last year, the Government suspended licences following a review of Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law in its ongoing assaults on Gaza, but an exemption was made for some licences related to components of F-35 fighter jets.
“The F-35s are essential components of the genocide, because not only do they carry out airstrikes which kill children in their tents and families in their homes, but they also clear the way for the ground troops” says Dearbhla Minogue.
The Government is defending the legal challenge, including by saying that it is not possible to suspend the F-35 related licences to Israel without negatively impacting a wider international programme.
Zarah Sultana MP tells Palestine Deep Dive, “we have to make sure all arms sales stop, none of this directly, indirectly crap. Essentially anything that can be used by Israel to kill people cannot be leaving any RAF bases, any airports like Heathrow, the supply chain here has to stop that is feeding into this genocidal machine that is killing people.”
May this meet with every success!
Is there a way to contribute to the legal fees for this?
Thanks for the enlightenment. Great journalism.
What a bunch of liberal lunatics… Trying to control everybody
You know nothing about war you fucking morons
Thank you so much, this is fantastic news.
It is time to end the Western sponsored Nazi genocide in Gaza.
The difference between the treatment of Ukrainians and Palestinians by the UK government is striking. NO Palestinian children have been given visas by the Starmer government to come here for medical treatment.
Lindsey Hilsum suggested Israel should take those fleeing the carnage & was told by a member of the Israeli Govt that “they are our enemies.”