Law said: “This behaviour suggests that the UK Government has no interest in seeking justice for victims of alleged war crimes and is instead focused on protecting its Israeli allies from facing any accountability.”
“For as long as states such as the UK continue to use these measures to protect those accused of breaches of international law, it will erode trust in itself as a legitimate partner in the international community, and will undermine international humanitarian law it claims to support,” he added.
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has carried out military operations in Gaza that have killed over 45,000 people, displaced virtually the entire Gaza population of 2.3 million, and destroyed large swathes of the strip, including residential buildings and homes, electricity and water infrastructure, mosques, churches, schools, and hospitals, in a bid to make Gaza uninhabitable.