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Labour & Palestine are proposing a model motion for this year’s Labour Party Conference. It is jointly sponsored by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to be moved in local CLPs. The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Thursday 15th September 2022. Please contact the Labour & Palestine team if your CLP decides to send this motion to Conference at info@labourandpalestine.org.uk

The motion is below:

PALESTINE MOTION FOR LABOUR CONFERENCE 2022 (245 words)
 
Conference strongly condemns:

  • Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza in August 2022 killing 44 Palestinians, including 15 children, and notes the UN Special rapporteur description of it as an  act contrary to International law. 
  • the Israeli army’s killing of the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beating of her coffin bearers by Israeli police.
  • the outlawing of 7 NGOs including Addameer; the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Defence for Children International – Palestine.

Conference recognises that these events are illustrative of the conclusions of leading human rights organisations including B’tselem, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people, and further erode any possibility of a just solution.

Conference notes policy passed at Labour Party Annual Conferences 2018 ,2019 and 2021 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against Israel’s ongoing violations of their rights and of international law.

Conference resolves:

  • To support the application made in April to the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling for an investigation into the Israeli government’s systematic targeting of journalists.
  • To stand in solidarity with all human rights defenders and fully oppose the Israeli government’s attempts to silence them
  • To adhere to an ethical policy on all UK trade with Israel in line with policy passed at previous Conferences, including banning trade with illegal settlements and ending the ongoing arms trade.
  • To oppose fully any UK legislation aimed at preventing legitimate and democratic solidarity actions in support of the Palestinian people.


LABOUR FRINGE: Now is the time to speak up for Palestine


Tuesday September 27th, 12:30 pm (lunchbreak), ACC Liverpool, Room 11B.
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Now is the time to speak up for Palestine – building support in the Labour Party and fighting anti-BDS legislation. Put the date in your diary today!

Ambassador Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to UK // Kim Johnson MP, Vice Chair, APPG on Palestine // Simon Dubbins, Unite International Director // Mick Whelan, ASLEF General Secretary // Gemma Bolton, Labour NEC // Palestine Solidarity campaign speaker // Hugh Lanning, Labour & Palestine // Beth Winter MP // John McDonnell MP.

Labour & Palestine fringe at Labour Conference 2022, kindly supported by Unite the Union.