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UK government lawyers stated there is no evidence of genocide in Gaza or that the IDF specifically targets women and children, as they defended arms exports to Israel in a high court case.
The government seeks to uphold its arms sales, including F-35 components, citing international peace and security needs, while campaigners argue this violates domestic and international law obligations.
Al-Haq and other organizations assert severe humanitarian crises in Gaza, including mass displacement and significant civilian casualties, contesting the government's position regarding compliance with humanitarian law.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So uhhh why did they ban arms exports?

Government lawyers also stressed that the international court of justice last year had not found there was a plausible risk of a genocide occurring.

Didn't the literal exact opposite of this happen?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Top tier gaslighting by UK lawyers. Just open the Hasbara handbook and start lying. It's worked for Israel so why not for them!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

"By last year we technically meant there were 25 days last year in which that wasn't the official conclusion of the ICJ"