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British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 3 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Let's be honest, this is never going to happen. You have to understand the real politique rules that exist here: if you're brown and join a fighting force overseas - terrorist. If you're white - woah woah woah let's not get carried away here maybe they're just doing medical or logistics roles.

British citizens will still head over to Israel and fight for the IDF and then happily return freely to the UK afterwards. And not a damned thing will change 😥🙃.

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Charge them. If the court wants to be wormy fine. Charge them. Make the courts confess their two-faced practices. Bring up the charges, make them show their bare behinds to the world, publicize far and wide. Talk about it. Make some noise.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

I’m sure the DPP would love to live in a world where he had the resource to prosecute even in cases he didn’t think he had a chance.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago

It's not like the ones fighting in Lebanon were charged with anything, so yeah.

[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Hmmm, well i care about that zero.