Staff Reporter Daily Dawn + Dawn TV Report
London: A group of human rights groups has filed a lawsuit against the British government, accusing it of ‘violating international law’
The supply of warplane parts to Israel during the Gaza war has been declared a violation of international law.
The Palestinian organization Al-Haq has the support of Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam, among others, and wants the British government to stop supplying parts to Israeli planes.
Israel has used American planes to wreak havoc in Gaza and the West Bank.
The head of Amnesty UK says Britain has failed to fulfill its ‘national responsibility’ to prevent genocide by allowing Israel to export key parts.
Similarly, Oxfam says that ‘the aircraft’s fuelling, laser targeting system, tires, rear fuselage and seat ejection system are made in the UK.’
According to lawyers supporting Oxfam and Al-Haq, ‘the aircraft cannot continue flying without a continuous supply of British-made parts.’
According to the report, the latest stage in the long-running case is that the case has been heard for four days in the London High Court and it is not clear when the decision on the case will be announced.
Lawyers for the Global Legal Network say that they filed the case on October 7, 2023, immediately after the Israeli attacks.
The lawyers also said that the UK government had decided to continue selling arms to Israel in December 2023 and May 2024 and that this had canceled the licenses for these weapons September 2024, which were believed to be used by the Israeli army in Gaza.
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