World News Desk: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing growing political pressure to stop selling weapons to Israel as three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the government to halt arms sales to Israel.
The political pressure is coming after seven aid workers, including three British nationals, were killed by an Israeli air attack on Gaza.
Echoing the growing number of opposition politicians who have called for a halt to British arms sales, the three justices joined other barristers, former judges and legal academics in urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to change policy.
The Liberal Democrats called for arms exports to Israel to be suspended, while the Scottish National Party also backed that move and said parliament should be recalled from its Easter break to discuss the crisis.
The main opposition Labour Party, which polls suggest will form the next government after elections expected later this year, said the government should suspend arms sales if lawyers found that Israel had broken international law.
