Rajiv Menon, the first barrister in British history to face prosecution for a closing speech in this case delivered to a jury during a Palestine Action trial, has described how he missed making a last visit to see his father to fight the case.

He found out he was being referred to the high court for contempt in February, while he was on holiday with his 24-year-old son in Vietnam.

“I was due to go from there to India to see my father... I clearly had to lawyer up, I had to come back to the country and I did,” he said. “On 20 May, my father died. I never saw him again and it’s a direct result of these senior judges going after me. I will never forgive them for that, ever.”

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In a letter to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the British prime minister, Andy Burnham, more than 100 former diplomats from France and Britain have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and have called for urgent action, including trade and arms sales bans, to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.

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