Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutiny
Britain is not just complicit in Israel’s breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza but a participant that has repeatedly ignored its legal obligation to prevent a genocide, witnesses have told the independent Gaza tribunal.
The two-day tribunal in London, which is independent of government and parliament, is seeking to amass evidence of Britain’s failure to distance itself from what the tribunal organisers regard as Israeli war crimes amounting to genocide.
It is chaired by Jeremy Corbyn, who claimed the 29 witnesses had “paved the way for truth” and promised he would demand a meeting with the foreign secretary to present the report he will now compile with two legal experts.
The second and final day of evidence, given mainly by experts supportive of Palestine, painted a picture of a government that has done the minimum to hold Israel to account and the maximum to shield itself from parliamentary and judicial scrutiny. The concern for government is that the evidence becomes a widely believed charge sheet against ministers as Israel resists all compromise in its fight against Hamas.
