OPINION - Hamas's atrocities did not give Israel carte blanche and after the aid worker killings Britain must say so
Three former Supreme Court judges and 597 other lawyers have written to the Prime Minister to ask him to act against Israel by cutting arms sales. Britain is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and is therefore required to do what it can to prevent genocide. But the emotive issue of genocide isn’t the main point; it’s that Israel’s actions in Gaza towards its population are wrong.