In Parliament, the government has maintained its claim that it is for the courts to decide whether Britain is complying with its legal obligations. Yet simultaneously in court, their lawyers argued the opposite — they say that such matters are not for the judiciary to examine. Despite this, the government’s lawyers rejected Al-Haq’s assertion that there is at least a serious risk that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and said there is “a tenable view that no genocide has occurred or is occurring”. The court heard that though the government accepted that “conduct which could, in principle, satisfy the physical component of genocide continues to take place in Gaza” – they believe the Israeli government has showed no intent to commit genocide. They maintain this position despite GLAN and Al-Haq having filed over 100 pages of statements by Israeli officials demonstrating this intent, and despite the government publicly condemning “the abhorrent language used recently by members of the Israeli Government.
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