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MODEL MOTION: SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
This CLP notes:
The increasing violent reality in occupied Palestine. In February 2023, Amnesty
International argued that Palestinian lives are in peril due to the increasingly
aggressive policies of the new Israeli Government.
This includes Israeli authorities constantly demolishing Palestinian homes whilst
settlements, considered illegal under international law, are aggressively expanded.
Amnesty also noted that of those who have died in the last year, 220 Palestinians,
including 35 in January 2023 alone, had been killed by Israeli forces.
The UK continues to sell weapons to Israel which are then used in human rights
violations.
The international criminal court has launched an investigation into alleged war
crimes in the Palestinian territories.
This CLP believes:
That Israel is using laws and policies to suppress opposition and resistance to its
military occupation.
That part of a genuinely ethical foreign policy for Labour must include security
justice, dignity and human rights for the Palestinian people.
International solidarity can play an important role in highlighting the plight of the
Palestinian people, including in terms of calling for an end to arms sales to Israel.
This CLP resolves:
To invite a speaker from Labour & Palestine to address a future meeting on the
current situation with regards to Palestine.
To send this motion to the Labour Party leader and Shadow Foreign Minister urging
them to speak up in support of international law and human rights for all
Labour & Palestine 