The International Center for Justice for Palestinians threatened to sue the leadership of the British Labor Party on charges of incitement to commit war crimes against the Palestinians, after issuing a similar warning to the government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Yesterday, Monday, this human rights center sent a notification in this regard to party leader Keir Starmer and the Ministers of Justice and Defense in the Labor shadow government, Emily Thornberry and David Lammy.

He said - in a statement - that Starmer, Thornberry and Lammy made statements justifying the collective punishment practiced by Israel against the residents of Gaza by cutting off food, water and electricity supplies, claiming that it was “self-defense.”

The center's statement added that those who are supposed to be human rights advocates must realize that the pretext of self-defense does not justify collective punishment of civilians, which is in violation of international law.

He also confirmed that Scotland Yard had made calls to obtain evidence related to possible war crimes in the context of the current war, describing this as a shift that could lead to the prosecution of senior politicians for committing war crimes.

The "For Justice for the Palestinians" statement indicated that the Center sent a letter to Thornberry calling on the leadership of the Labor Party to comply with international law or else be subject to prosecution, explaining that a notice to prosecute party officials had already been issued.

He stated that after threatening to sue him, the leader of the Labor Party withdrew his absolute support for the Israeli siege on Gaza, but he did not acknowledge or denounce the war crimes committed in this besieged sector.

This human rights center had sent a letter to Sunak in which he said that officials in his government would be pursued and tried for “aiding and abetting the commission of war crimes in Gaza.”

The ministers also called on the ministers to withdraw any statements that encourage committing war crimes in Gaza, and to work to secure civilians in this Palestinian sector, bring in relief supplies, and immediately cease fire.