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Many human rights organizations have criticized the UK’s Supreme Court’s decision to judge that the lawsuit against the government for continuing to sell weapons to Israel is not the jurisdiction of the courts.
These organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the global legal work network and the Palestinian “Al -Haq” organization, described the day of decision -making as “sad for justice, accountability and international law.”
Several human rights organizations followed data and statements to the media before the court building after the decision was issued on Monday.
Yasmine Ahmed, director of the UK branch at Human Rights Watch, condemned the Supreme Court’s decision, saying: “Today is a sad day for justice, accountability and international law, but it is more sad for the Palestinian people who continue to confront genocide and other atrocities.”
Doreen McCarthy, legal researcher at the “Al -Haq” organization, said that the court’s decision shows “the collusion of the United Kingdom in the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza.”
“This issue is only the starting point in our struggle for justice and accountability,” McCarthy added.
McCarthy called on the states to impose a ban on the export of weapons to Israel, to cut all its diplomatic, political, economic and commercial relations with it, and to work to expel Israel from the United Nations General Assembly as a country that commits genocide, and that the perpetrators of the genocide and trial perpetrators are arrested.
The CEO of Amnesty International in the United Kingdom, Sasha Desmoch, expressed their disappointment at the court’s decision.
“Although the court clearly made it clear that it is not the authority to take a decision regarding the export of” F-35 “spare parts (F-35), this does not exempt the executive or parliament from bearing responsibility.”
In 2024, the Al -Haq Foundation and the Global Legal Network submitted a request to the Supreme Court against the British government after their requests were ignored to suspend arms sales to Israel repeatedly.
The two organizations asked the British government to suspend all weapons sales licenses to Israel, including the F-35 fighter parts.
