London court to hear case on UK’s F-35 components exports on Monday
Two human rights groups opposed to Israel’s war on Gaza are continuing their legal action against the British government’s decision not to ban exports of components used in Israeli F-35 fighter jets and other weapons.
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Al-Haq said the Royal Courts of Justice of London will hold a session on Monday to hear the case on the lawfulness of the exemption for the key fighter jet parts from a UK arms suspension.
“The ongoing challenge could also be expanded to include the UK government’s lack of red lines for imposing a full export ban on weapons to Israel as the groups this week sent the government notice of the intention to take fresh legal action,” the two groups said.
📢 We’re continuing our legal challenge with @GLAN_LAW to suspend UK exports of F-35 fighter jet components & weapons used by Israel in #Gaza
📆 Monday 18 November, 9.15 AM photo call, 10.30 AM hearing starts⁰📍London’s Royal Courts of Justice
https://t.co/44RAQNfDBR
— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) November 14, 2024
Turkish activists demonstrate on ship carrying arms to Israel
Earlier this month, Turkish activists staged a protest on the MV Kathrin, a German ship that was reportedly carrying eight shipping containers of 150,000kg (331,000 pounds) of explosives to Israel’s largest defence contractor.
The ship had been turned around from several other countries as well before reaching Turkiye.
Netanyahu’s chief of staff suspected of manipulating timeline of conversations on October 7
Israeli police suspect that PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, tried to alter the timelines of the leader’s conversation surrounding the October 7 attacks.
Braverman sought to access the transcripts and timestamps of the calls between Netanyahu and his military secretary Avi Gil to change them in favour of Netanyahu, according to Israeli news outlet Haaretz.
Netanyahu was reportedly first informed of the Hamas attack around 6:29am shortly after air raid sirens sounded across the country, and had two conversations with Gil.
Several weeks after the attack, Gil received information that Braverman had approached a staff member in the PM’s office to gain access to one of the conversations, which took place on a secure phone. Gil reported the matter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Braverman was at the centre of a case involving the alleged extortion of a senior officer in Netanyahu’s military secretariat to gain access to the logs of meetings held early in the war.
Trying to rewrite history as usual.
