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High Court grants hearing for legal challenge against British arms exports to Israel
Campaigners outside the High Court in London where Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organisation, is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade over decisions not to suspend licences for the export of weapons and military equipment to Israel, November 18, 2024

A HIGH COURT hearing will be scheduled on the government's continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, it has been confirmed.

This is the latest development in a legal challenge to the arms sales brought by Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq and the Global Legal Action Network (Glan).

Last September, the Labour government failed to impose a full arms embargo as Israel continued its genocide in Gaza, suspending only 30 arms export licences out of 350 in total.

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