A petition demanding a public inquiry into Britain’s role in Israeli military operations in Gaza has passed 100,000 signatures, requiring the UK Parliament to consider it for debate, Al Jazeera reported Monday.

The petition reached the threshold on Nov. 9. That milestone does not guarantee a debate or require the government to establish an inquiry.

Posted on Parliament’s website, the petition alleges British “complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza” and seeks an investigation into any British involvement, including “the sale, supply or use of weapons, surveillance aircraft and Royal Air Force bases”.

Signatories want an inquiry empowered to question government ministers and officials involved in decisions about Britain’s role in the war, particularly arms supplies to Israel, according to Al Jazeera.

The petition was launched by Jennifer Forbes, chair of the executive committee of Your Party, the left-wing party whose parliamentary leader is former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

“We are not going away until we get this inquiry. We want the truth, and we want justice,” Corbyn wrote on X, according to the report.

The immediate parliamentary obligation is limited to considering the petition for debate; the signature count does not itself compel further action.

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