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Downing Street accepts ‘clear risk’ that fighter jet parts sold to Israel could be used to violate international humanitarian law, High Court hears
Activists outside The Royal Courts of Justice, November 18, 2024

THE British government accepts there is a “clear risk” that parts for lethal fighter jets might be used by Israel to violate international humanitarian law but continues to export them anyway, the High Court heard today. 

Global Legal Action Network (Glan) and human rights group Al-Haq first brought legal action against the Department for Business and Trade last December, accusing it of breaking its own rules by continuing exports if there is such a risk. 

Between October and May, former business secretary Kemi Badenoch approved over 100 licences to Israel throughout its brutal onslaught on Gaza. 

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