Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Its military assault has systematically destroyed Gaza's healthcare system, and Palestinians have been repeatedly forcibly displaced and denied access to food, water, and medical care. People are being starved to death by Israel or shot and killed by Israeli forces when they seek aid.
The UK is legally – and morally – obligated to do everything in its power to stop this.
But by continuing to supply arms to Israel and failing to take meaningful action to hold perpetrators accountable, the UK is right now enabling Israel’s atrocities and failing to prevent genocide. This is indefensible.
Now is the time to make our voices heard: Add your name to demand Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper take action to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Thanks to thousands of people like you continuing to demand action, our government has taken some limited steps, such as suspending future trade talks with Israel and imposing sanctions on individual Ministers and settlers for violence in the West Bank. However, these actions do not go far enough.
The UK’s legal and moral obligations demand more. The UK must do everything in its power to bring an end to Israel’s atrocities, including genocide, and prevent what has been allowed to happen in Gaza from being repeated in the West Bank.
We are calling on the UK Government to urgently:
The UK must immediately suspend all arms transfers to Israel, including the provision of parts for F-35 fighter jets, which have been used in airstrikes across Gaza. While the UK Government has taken limited steps to restrict arms exports, critical loopholes remain – including the continued export of F-35 components – leaving the UK complicit in the devastation Israel’s military assault has inflicted.
These attacks have included widespread and deliberate targeting of Gaza’s healthcare system. Hospitals, ambulances, medical staff and even patients have come under fire. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, medical facilities and personnel must be protected at all times. Yet, since October 2023, Gaza’s health system has been under siege, with repeated bombardments, forced evacuations, and blockades of medical supplies.
In January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that there is a plausible risk Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Under these conditions, the UK is obligated to act, not just to review arms licences, but to suspend all arms transfers immediately and comprehensively.
Impunity breeds further atrocities. The UK must support full accountability for all perpetrators of violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
Among the gravest violations has been the systematic targeting of Gaza’s healthcare system. Medical workers have been killed while performing their duties. Hospitals have been bombed. Patients and displaced civilians sheltering in health facilities have been attacked or forcibly evacuated. These are not isolated incidents, they form part of a broader pattern of targeting civilian infrastructure and constitute serious breaches of international humanitarian law.
The UK cannot remain selective in how it applies international law. It must take decisive political, economic and diplomatic measures to end Israel’s ongoing atrocities in Gaza and Israel’s impunity and send a clear message that war crimes will not go unpunished.
The UK must take active steps to bring an end to Israel’s unlawful occupation of the Palestinian territory. In July 2024, the International Court of Justice reaffirmed that Israel’s prolonged occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza is illegal under international law. It found that all states are obligated not to recognise or aid the maintenance of this unlawful situation.
Any future policy must be rooted in ending the occupation and supporting a just political resolution based on international law and that ensures Palestinian self-determination. The UK must not only condemn the occupation in words but actively work to dismantle it. It is imperative that the world does not allow Israel to continue to have full control over borders and access of the occupied Palestinian territory, as well as full impunity to commit atrocities against Palestinians.
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