Hundreds of lawyers call on UK sanctions on Israel over the war in Gaza

Hundreds of lawyers have called on the UK government to use “all available funds” to stop the fighting in Gaza, including the consideration of trade relations with Israel and the imposition of sanctions and prohibitions on Israeli.

About 828 UK or qualified legal experts, including former Supreme Court judges, signed A letter Prime Minister Sir Kirey Senmark on Monday.

They warned, “genocide is made in the newspaper” from the blockade of food and the help of Israel and its new military offensive, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians over the past two weeks.

Israel strongly denied allegations of genocideClaims also studied by the International Court.

The lawyer’s letter goes against the backdrop of intensified criticism from the Western Allies of Israel, condemning its last military offensive, which began in mid -May, and the impact of its blockade. The blockade has been fully within 11 weeks since March 2.

Last week, UK, France and Canada made a joint statement condemning the “outrageous” expansion of Israel’s hostilities to Gaza.

Prime Minister Israel Benjamin Netanyahu accused British, French and Canadian leaders of “siding with Hamas”Speaking that the offensive is aimed at releasing the other 58 hostages stored by the group.

But British Foreign Minister David Lami called the escalation “morally unjustified”. Last week, the UK rejected talks about trade transactions, caused Israel’s ambassador and imposed fresh sanctions on the western shore.

Netanyahu announced the intention of Israel to take over the gas lane and displace the residents from north to south.

During the first week, the operation observed about 100 gases that died on the day, reports the Rescue and the Ministry of Health in the field of rescue and the Ministry of Health in the territory.

On Monday, a group of legal experts said that in a detailed 36-page letter that the attack in Israel was a “serious violation” of international law, and violated the legal right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

A group of lawyers, legal experts and retired judges expressed their “deep concern about the deterioration of the catastrophe” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where Israel was “committed violations of international law”.

“First, the genocide is made in gas or, at least, there is a serious risk of genocide,” law experts write.

They said it was caused by a blockade of Israel – And the stream of assistance now launched was “serious”.

They said the UK and all countries were legally obliged to “prevent and punish genocide.”

“The UK’s actions did not meet these standards today,” they said, but they welcomed the “indication” of stronger actions in the last week’s statement.

The UK must immediately impose financial and immigration sanctions on Israeli ministers who are suspected of “illegal behavior” to help secure the fire, lawyers write.

The letter also called on the UK to revise existing trade ties with Israel, impose trade sanctions in the country, and to suspend the “road map” in the UK with Israel – an agreement between the UK and Israel on protection, technology and science, culture, art and other.

They urged the government to make sure that he would follow his commitments as a member of the International Criminal Court to speak on the arrest warrant issued by the court. Currently, Netanyahu is required by the court for alleged war crimes in Gaza and violations of international law, accusing him to strongly denied.

The letter is the last group since the war began in October 2023. His first mission was issued in a few weeks in the conflict when it caused concern about the sale of the UK government to Israel.

The legality of the UK’s decisions regarding the sales of weapons is now being considered by the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Israel launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people.

At least 54,056 people have been killed in Gaza, including 3 901 since Israel has been restored on March 18 after a two -month ceasefire, the Ministry of Health reports.

On Tuesday, Germany and Finland also spoke, saying that Israel should immediately allow humanitarian aid in Gaza.

“We must put pressure on Israel to ensure that assistance will really reach its goal,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, together with the Prime Minister of Finland, Petters of Orpa in Finland.

“But it is also very important that Hamas should not prevent humanitarian assistance.”

Merz, who has strongly criticized Israel in recent days, said that the events in the newspaper “nothing is acceptable”. He described the influence on the civilian residents as “excessive” and urged to stop killing and suffering.

“This is a terrible human catastrophe, and we should be able to decide it,” Oruz added.

On Tuesday, Sweden also summoned Israel’s ambassador to his foreign ministry and called on the country “to provide safe and unobstructed humanitarian access to gas.”

A statement by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that Israel had the right to defend, but “the current way of war is unacceptable.”