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Keir Starmer's newly appointed Attorney General Richard Hermer has made the most bizarre intevention over Israel arms sales! Right, so for a short while there had been hope that the days of UK arms sales to Israel would be numbered, would actually soon come to an end once Starmer’s new attorney general, Richard Hermer took up his new post, given the guy has been a critic of Israel and is Jewish himself, plus he has never held any particular political position previously so was seen as unsullied and would be something of a breath of fresh air. This was the guy who would ensure Starmer didn’t overstep some thought. The guy who would make sure that Starmer followed international law. Well it would appear Hermer has instead handed Starmer a get out of jail free card with regards to Israel arms sales, because instead of blocking arms sales to Israel outright, Hermer has intervened to say he wants a distinction drawn between weapons that can be considered offensive or defensive where it comes to arms sales to Israel and until foreign office official can be certain that weapons sold to Israel would be used to violate international humanitarian law, he won’t ban arms sales at all. Right, so we had such high hopes for the new attorney general Richard Hermer when we saw the incumbent in that position during the General Election campaign Emily Thornberry shuffled off to the backbenches instead of being kept in post. She had gone along completely with Starmer’s narrative in continuing to support Israel, so the introduction of Hermer, a guy who had been demanding Israel observe international law in response to the Hamas incursion of October 7th and was himself Jewish, was himself also unsullied by any political position prior to coming into Starmer’s government was unusually good optics, there was hope that this was exactly the right sort of guy to ensure that Starmer was also made to observe international law and on the matter of ongoing arms sales to Israel, which the Tories had been typically shady over as much as they were adamant they were going to continue. Well, it seems arms sales are going to continue and Hermer has handed Starmer what seems to be a really crazy excuse to ensure they continue. And it comes back to who’s really being observant of international law. Now I’m not a lawyer, I’m no legal expert, I don’t pretend to know better the law here than Richard Hermer or even Keir Starmer for that matter, but the optics of this decision are nuts, in light of international legal decisions that have already been made. The International Court of Justice has already made the ruling that there is a plausible case for genocide being committed by Israel against Gaza. Gaza has been razed to the ground, one end to the other. There is also the matter of Israel’s occupation of Palestine having been ruled illegal, though only in an advisory capacity. That said, surely that carries some weight still? Does that not matter at all? Shouldn’t it? Should it not be something you factor into your observations and decision making especially when it comes to international law? Israel as an occupying power has a responsibility, a duty of care towards those it occupies. ***Subscribe to the channel here*** ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on ) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that associated with that living in Tory Britain and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: @ ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you'd like to see what I get up to elsewhere, yoy can also find links to my presence elsewhere at Damo Rants Kernow Damo starmer,keir starmer,kier starmer,keir starmer speech,news,starmer israel,israel arms sales,israeli arms sales,david lammy,foreign office,labour arms sales,labour arms sales review,richard hermer,attorney general,richard hermer arms sales,offensive weapons vs defensive weapons,offensive weapons,defensive weapons,israel,israel hamas war,israel news,israel attack,gaza,gaza war,hamas,gaza ceasefire,kernow damo,richard medhurst,damo rants
