"Labour delegates at the party's conference in Liverpool 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 non-binding motion also called for a full suspension of the arms trade with Israel. Another motion called on the government to suspend the sale of arms to Israel "that could be used in the conflict" rather than a full suspension, but that was rejected by delegates."
"Responding to the vote, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said it was for the International Court of Justice and for the International Criminal Court "to determine the issue of genocide". The UN commission of inquiry has said that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli government strongly rejected the report. Ahead of the vote, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the conference that "Hamas must end its abhorrent detention of hostages"."
Labour delegates at the conference in Liverpool backed a non-binding motion urging the UK government to "employ all means reasonably available to it to prevent the commission of a genocide in Gaza" and called for a full suspension of the arms trade with Israel. A narrower motion to suspend sales of arms "that could be used in the conflict" was rejected. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court should "determine the issue of genocide". The UN commission said Israel committed genocide; Israel strongly rejected the report. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Hamas must end hostage detention and called on Israel to end denials of food, water and medicine.
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