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The Owen Jones Podcast

UK Government "Breaking Law" On Israel: Judges and Lawyers In Revolt

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

News, Government, News & Politics, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of legal professionals - including judges and lawyers - have signed a letter warning Britain is in violation of international law over Israel. This is big.


I speak to Raju Bhatt, a solicitor who sets out why this matters so much. Here's the letter: https://lawyersletter.uk/

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0:00.0

Now the evidence that Israel is committing war crimes against humanity is overwhelming.

0:04.7

We've all seen the videos, we've all seen the footage, we've all heard the testimonies,

0:08.1

well many of us have certainly. The fact we even have to have this discussion many people feel is essentially gas lighting.

0:14.3

But we do have to have this discussion.

0:16.7

There is of course the ongoing case brought by South Africa and the International Court of Justice

0:21.3

alleging genocide, which the ICJ rules there was a plausible case and South Africa is now successful in terms of putting Israel on trial for genocide.

0:30.0

That process takes years, but provisional orders have been issued which Israel is

0:33.6

clearly refusing not only to implement but doing the exact opposite but the

0:38.4

legal case matters because it has implications it has consequences with that in mind, there's a crucial letter

0:45.1

which has now been signed by hundreds and hundreds of judges

0:48.9

and lawyers, academics, retired senior judges,

0:52.3

including four former Supreme Court justices, including, for example,

0:56.8

the former President Lady Hale, many people remember her for the Brexit saga brooch.

1:00.4

I'm sure that's all come flooding back.

1:02.4

With our mind, I'm really delighted to be joined by the solicitor Rajivats. How you do?

1:07.0

Good afternoon.

1:08.0

Hi. Can you just sum up what the letter is saying?

1:12.0

The focus of the letter is saying?

1:13.3

The focus of the letter is on the failure of the UK government

1:17.4

to comply and meet its obligations

1:20.3

under international humanitarian law when faced with the growing evidence of genocide.

1:28.0

The obligations on the UK government under the genocide convention require it to ensure that it is not only not

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