U.K. Must ‘Abide By Int’l Law’ (Part 1) #Shorts #Britain #Abide #InternationalLaw #UK #London #ICC

‘Our demands on the British government are quite simply this: Abide by international law now.’ UK Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn uttered those words at the ‘Divest for Palestine Conference’ on 10 August in London. The International Criminal Court has pursued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Plus, Israel has ignored orders of the International Court of Justice to avoid gen*cidal acts and end its onslaught on the city of Rafah. The United Kingdom being a party to the agreements that created these courts, as well as the United Nations and other conventions, is obligated to not support Israel’s military onslaught and must arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot on UK soil, according to Corbyn. The UK House of Commons Library reports the country has shipped £576 million ($749 million) of arms to Israel since 2008. That has continued throughout the last 10 months of Israel’s military onslaug