UK in the ICC dock???
Unlike the US and Israel, the UK has both signed
and ratified its membership of the International Criminal Court. Should Israel have breached the 1st Protocol of the Geneva Convention Articles 51, 52 & 57, the UK could face a charge in the ICC of "Aiding and Abetting".
In assisting in the supply of weapons from the US to Israel, should these weapons be shown to have been used in breach of those Geneva Convention Articles, the ICC Statute suggests that "mere knowledge that the assistance will assist in the commission of the crimes is required" (to prosecute). Any practical assistance, even of an indirect nature, would likewise result in the same.
Thererfore, unlike Israel and the US, the UK could find itself in the dock at the ICC for merely allowing the weapons to transit through UK airfields.
I'm no legal eagle, but it makes you think...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/5236946.stm
http://www.genevaconventions.org/
http://www.un.org/icty/Supplement/su...furundzija.htm
(Sorry - just opened a huuuuge door for thread drift, but thought some of you may be interested. I wonder how uneasy I'll feel being party to the "Aiding and Abetting" of a........... No! Best not go there!)