Published in The National, April 6th, 2024.
You have to have been living under a rock these past six months not to know that Israel is an out of control rogue state. It has murdered tens of thousands of civilians while flouting international humanitarian law and two orders from the world’s highest court to stop the genocide. Now it’s trying to rope the US into a wider regional war with Iran, by destroying an Iranian consulate in Damascus that is legally owned by Iran and killing 2 Iranian generals and five others. Embassies and consulates are off limits to attack under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, but the US will let Israel get away with breaking this international law, too.
Israel is only able to carry out these atrocities because it is supported politically, financially and militarily by the US as well as the UK and EU.
A leaked audio reveals that the UK government’s own lawyers have said that Israel has breached international law and that it must cease all arms sales to the country without delay, but the UK is refusing to make this public. In addition, more than 600 UK lawyers have publicly warned the UK that it’s breaking international law by continuing to arm Israel.
But don’t expect this to change anything. BAE Systems is doing awfully well and the English Conservative and Labour uni-parties are loathe to bite one of the hands that feeds it, the other being the powerful Zionist Israel lobby, UK Labour/Conservative/LibDem Friends of Israel.
Scots must realise that their international voice will never be heard while we are trapped inside this venal union. We must end it now.
I despair! I am appalled by Israel's actions, and ashamed that the UK government supports this genocide. Not in my name, but unfortunately we are stuck in the Union, they stick with the USA, and will ignore International Law, a truly rogue state.
The only power we have beyond voting, is where we spend our money. Boycott, Divest, Sanction https://www.facebook.com/groups/310376902456548/permalink/2644597119034503/