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UK Labour Party members vote to recognise Gaza genocide at conference
(AL JAZEERA) Members of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party have voted to recognise that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, in a move that increases pressure on the UK government to adopt the same position.
The vote was strongly supported by trade unions [Phil Noble/Reuters]
Delegates at Labour’s party conference approved an emergency motion backing the findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry, which earlier this month concluded that Israel “has committed genocide”. The vote was strongly supported by trade unions.
The decision contrasts with Labour leader and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as senior ministers, who have argued that the question of genocide should be determined by international courts rather than politicians.
Israel is facing a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in which it is accused of committing genocide. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy reaffirmed that stance following the conference vote. “That means that it must be for the ICJ with their judges and judiciary, and for the ICC, to determine the issue of genocide in relation to the convention. It is not for politicians like me to do that,” he said, adding that he believed in “the rules-based order”.
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