Israel is breaking international law in Gaza, UK says for first time

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/israel-is-breaking-international-law-in-gaza-uk-says-for-first-time-dhv55fntb?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1742240061

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  1. Israel is breaking international law in Gaza, Britain has said for the first time, as David Lammy accused Biyamin Netanyahu’s government of “starving children”.

    The foreign secretary said that the two-week long blockade of food, fuel and medicine imposed by Israel on Gaza was “appalling and unacceptable”.

    He urged [Israel](https://www.thetimes.com/topic/israel) to allow humanitarian trucks back into Gaza and said that the hold-up in deliveries to 2.3 million Palestinians was “hugely alarming and very worrying”

  3. What is the UK gonna do about it? Sanction Israel?

  5. Given the ongoing negotiations and the US position in them putting all the pressure on Hamas and the end of some arms licenses to Israel not easy to see this escalating at least for a month or two.

    Also a side note but the aid issue is a total diplomatic self own by Israel and has been since the war started.

  6. u/Calvinball90 wrote a good analysis of this situation on r/internationallaw. The TLDR is that as the occupying power in Gaza, Israel is obligated to facilitate the supply of humanitarian aide by the Geneva Convention and by customary law obligations. Totally preventing aide from entering Gaza is a clear-cut violation of international law.

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/internationallaw/comments/1j2rgha/does_israels_recent_decision_to_block_all/](https://www.reddit.com/r/internationallaw/comments/1j2rgha/does_israels_recent_decision_to_block_all/)

  8. Yeah, well, UK is lying and not for the first time.

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