The UK’s High Court on Monday postponed its decision on a landmark case over the suspension of the export of parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel, with rights groups saying the sale could breach international humanitarian law due to the brutal assault on Gaza.
The court’s ruling has been deferred to mid-January after a request from the government’s legal team, leading to accusations of an intentional delay as Israel’s war on Gaza continues – viewed by many experts as a genocide – where over 43,970 people have been killed, most of them women and children.
The legal challenge, initiated by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and human rights group Al-Haq, is directed against the Department for Business and Trade which approves the export of UK-manufactured parts of Israeli F-35, a fighter plane which has been allegedly used by Israel in its bombardment of Gaza. ….more
