Most Britons back immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli arms embargo: Poll
London, United Kingdom – More than 70 percent of British people support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a new survey indicates as pressure rises on the government to adopt a firmer stance against Israel.
Among those who voted for the governing Conservative Party in 2019, 67 percent backed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, according to the poll commissioned by Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Council for Arab-British Understanding.
Eighty-six percent of Labour voters backed the call while only 8 percent of respondents said there should not be a ceasefire. The United Kingdom has so far refused to call for a ceasefire.
Israel’s ‘massacre’ in Gaza a critical test for international justice system
Tamer Qarmout from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies says the genocide case at the UN’s International Court of Justice against Israel has repercussions far beyond the war on Gaza.
“The international justice system is under huge pressure, and it has to deliver on this in an objective way. It is at a critical stage now. Not just the ICJ, but also the International Criminal Court [ICC]. The prosecutor, Karim Khan, he disappeared from the scene. The ICC has been absent.”
He said the case against Israel raises a significant question: “Where does international justice go?”
“The international legal system, it’s legitimacy is being eroded now for failing to stop this massacre that’s been going on for seven months now. If it fails to stop being politicized, then it’s going to collapse,” Qarmout said.
The entire UN needs to be reformed. Or maybe the Global South can start a new version of the UN. The political side is corrupt, not united at all.
