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MPs involved in Israel arms exports could be criminally liable for war crimes
600 legal experts warn Sunak of Britain’s complicity in Gaza bloodshed
A Palestinian man cries while holding a dead child who was found under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli air strikes in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023

MINISTERS involved in arms exports to Israel could be criminally liable for war crimes, legal experts warned today.

More than 600 lawyers, including three former Supreme Court justices, have signed a letter telling Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that Britain risks breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel in its assault on Gaza. 

It said that the International Court of Justice’s conclusion that there is a “plausible risk of genocide” oblige Britain to suspend the sales.

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