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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer responds to questions in the Parliament during Question Hour. This comes after his announcement on tightening immigration rules in Britain. He blasted Tories during his speech, including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
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Baroness Helena Kennedy, a senior British barrister and ICC advisor, cautioned against the casual use of the word genocide but said the case must be taken seriously. 'We're not seeing justice,' she said. 'We're seeing grievous crimes against humanity.' Israel defends its actions, lashes out at critics Israeli officials strongly reject the accusations, calling them politically motivated and antisemitic. Netanyahu has likened the ICC warrant to the infamous Dreyfus trial, in which a Jewish French army officer was wrongly convicted of treason in 1894. 'No war is more just than the war Israel has been waging in Gaza,' Netanyahu said in a recent statement. Boaz Bismuth, a member of Netanyahu's Likud party, said Israel's actions are not genocidal. 'How can you accuse me of ethnic cleansing when I'm moving population inside Gaza to protect them? How can you accuse me when I lose soldiers in order to protect my enemies?' he said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Yet many former allies are growing critical. France, the UK and Canada have openly questioned Israel's use of food blockades and its handling of the war. The U.S., Israel's closest ally, remains publicly supportive but has urged restraint and allowed some aid to flow into Gaza. Critics say the American stance is increasingly isolated. On June 4, the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an unconditional and permanent ceasefire. The next day, Washington sanctioned four ICC judges involved in the arrest warrants. Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former UN humanitarian chief, said the West's response has been a failure of leadership. 'I haven't seen a population being so trapped for such a long period of time in such a small, besieged area,' he said. 'Indiscriminate bombardment, denied journalism, denied healthcare. Very little has happened.' Calls grow for accountability and access The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, has been vocal in its alarm. ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said both Israel and Hamas are violating the laws of war, but the scale of civilian suffering in Gaza is without precedent. 'Humanity is failing in Gaza,' Spoljaric said. 'It is surpassing any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard. The level of destruction, the level of suffering. It should really shock our collective conscience… We are seeing things happening that will make the world an unhappier place far beyond the region.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD She stressed that 'a child in Gaza has exactly the same protections under the Geneva Conventions as a child in Israel.' With both sides under scrutiny– Hamas also faces ICC warrants– human rights advocates say accountability must apply to all actors. But the growing body of evidence against Israel, combined with limited media access and a rising civilian death toll, has intensified the international spotlight. What happens in Gaza will shape the legacy of this war — and possibly the credibility of the rules that are meant to protect civilians in conflict zones around the world.
