British judge discusses report on legal advice that Israel breached international law
The UK government has reportedly received advice from its own lawyers that Israel breached international humanitarian law in Gaza.
Alicia Kearns, Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, told a drinks reception that London received legal advice that Israel “has broken international humanitarian law but the government has not announced it”, The Observer reported on Saturday, citing a leaked audio recording.
Geoffrey Nice, a British barrister and judge who led the prosecution of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, joined Al Jazeera earlier to discuss the revelations.
Harvard Law School student body calls on university to divest from Israel
Harvard Law School’s student government has passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from Israel.
The resolution, passed on Friday in a 12-4 vote with three abstentions, calls on Harvard “to divest completely from weapons manufacturers, firms, academic programs, corporations, and all other institutions that aid the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine and the genocide of Palestinians”, The Boston Globe reported.
Two members of the board, Regina De Nigris and Cameron Adkins, resigned in protest of the vote, writing in a resignation letter that they “strongly disagree” with the resolution, The Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported.
Now he's really gone, good riddance (don't forget to stop by the ICC)
Spokesman suspended by Netanyahu’s office over Gaza tweet formally steps down
Eylon Levy, the English-language spokesman at the Israeli prime minister’s office who was suspended three weeks ago, has formally stepped down from the role, according to The Times of Israel.
Levy was suspended following a complaint by the British Foreign Office about a post on X, in which the spokesman responded to remarks by Foreign Secretary David Cameron concerning aid to Gaza.
Cameron had posted on X that Israel needs to let more aid into Gaza. Levy replied with a tirade.
1️⃣ If it were possible to have a pause to get the hostages out, we would obviously have grabbed it with both hands. Hamas must be pressured to back down from its delusional demands.
2️⃣ It is factually incorrect that the flow of aid has not increased. Last week we had a record… https://t.co/Yriptygryc
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) March 7, 2024
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