all of this, in an area no bigger than the isle of wight. for three hours, the court listened to south africa s case. each day, yet more desperate people will be forced to relocate from where they are sheltering and will be bombed in places where they have been told to evacuate to. entire multi generationalfamilies will be obliterated. and yet more palestinian children will become wcnsf wounded child, no surviving family. but what is genocide? according to a191r8 convention, it is a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group in whole or in part. israel says it was acting in self defence, following the murderous hamas assaultof october the 7th,
deduce from it, in addition to the conversations privately that i ve had with senior figures in westminster. so at a little before 8pm this evening the prime minister held a conference call, a briefing for his cabinet, which you would expect prior to uk military action if time were to allow that. in addition to that, we saw the shadow defence secretary for labour, john healey, and the speaker of the commons, the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, arriving at 70 whitehall, just down the road from here. i understand they were briefed by senior government officials and sir keir starmer, the labour leader, alsojoined those sir keir starmer, the labour leader, also joined those conversations remotely. now, the uk government by convention can act militarily without wider consultation, but where possible the convention is to speak to seniorfigures where possible the convention is to speak to senior figures like the leader of the opposition and the speaker of the house of commons. those conv
reaction rishi sunak. as far as wider reaction is rishi sunak. as far as wider reaction is concerned, we ve heard tonight reaction is concerned, we ve heard tonight from some of the opposition parties. tonight from some of the opposition parties, from the liberal democrats, from the parties, from the liberal democrats, from the scottish national party, from from the scottish national party, from the from the scottish national party, from the welsh nationalists plaid cymru. from the welsh nationalists plaid cymru, they are saying that at moments cymru, they are saying that at moments like this parliament ought to be recalled. as i said a couple of minutes to be recalled. as i said a couple of minutes ago, it is the prerogative of a british government to take prerogative of a british government to take military action when it deems to take military action when it deems it to take military action when it deems it to be fit, although convention more recently has been