High court rejects legal challenge against UK arms sales to Israel

Campaigners to appeal after court declines to block export licences despite concerns about human rights breaches in Gaza war

The high court has dismissed a case urging the suspension of UK arms sales to Israel.

The legal challenge against the UK Department for Business and Trade was launched in December by the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq and the UK-based Global Legal Action Network (Glan).

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