Labour members demand action on Gaza conflict
Labour members accepted a UN report concluding genocide in Gaza and backed comprehensive sanctions including a full arms embargo; 72% of Labour voters support the embargo, polls show.
- Labour party members have backed a motion urging the government to "employ all means reasonably available to it to prevent the commission of a genocide in Gaza".
- The Deputy Prime Minister stated that it is for the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court "to determine the issue of genocide".
- The Foreign Secretary said the UK's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood should be a "spur, not a substitute for action" and called for an end to the "moral obscenity" of denying Gaza food, water and medicine.
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Israel: It's a Disgrace That Labour Is in Power
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has slammed Starmer after Labour members voted in favour of a motion calling on the Prime Minister to recognise Israel as committing genocide. As well as urging Starmer to back a full arms embargo… The Israeli ministry said: “While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are working tirelessly in […]
Britain’s Governing Labour Party Recognizes Gaza War as Genocide.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Britain’s governing Labour Party voted to accept that a genocide is taking place in Gaza, based on claims by the United Nations (UN), at its annual conference.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Labour Party members, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, and the UN Commission of Inquiry.WHEN & WHERE: During the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, following the UN report released nearly two weeks …
UK govt under pressure as Labour members vote to recognize Gaza
LONDON: The UK government is under pressure to accept that genocide is taking place in Gaza after members of the ruling Labour Party voted to approve an emergency motion at its conference in Liverpool. It comes two weeks after a UN report said there are sufficient grounds to conclude that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and in the wake of the UK decision to recognize
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