“The Labour Party leadership has tabled an amendment seeking to water down the #SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza. This amendment seeks to dilute the clear call for an immediate ceasefire by handing the Israeli government a veto over whether or not a ceasefire should happen, at a time when Israel is on trial at the #ICJ for the crime of genocide."
“Labour’s amendment amounts to asking for another pause – allowing Israel the option to continue with the slaughter unless its preconditions are met. Pointedly, the Labour amendment removes all reference to the collective punishment of Palestinians – a crime under international law."
"... this removal of reference to collective punishment “is not an accident” and called the “parliamentary word-games” by Labour with the lives of Palestinians as “grotesque”."
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