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Ed Davey supports the arrest of Israel’s PM Netanyahyu

A state with any respect for international law ought to impose sanctions on sales of arms to Israel, and the UK has a legal obligation to do this, not merely to impose a ban on future licences.

There will be a full range of LDFP activities at the Autumn Conference in Brighton.  We will have a motion on Israel/Palestine on the agenda, our usual stall in the exhibition area, and a fringe meeting – and this year we will be co-hosting an evening reception on the Sunday, the same day as our fringe meeting.  If you are coming to Conference and haven’t registered yet, to day is the last day at the reduced-price Early Bird Rate.  You should register here today for the cheaper rate  https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference#c351200 Fringe Meeting : our speakers will be Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Chris Doyle, Director of the Council… Read more: Lib Dem autumn 2024 conference – Friends of Palestine activities

To no-one’s surprise, Israel’s invasion and subsequent de facto annexation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is illegal.

Conference notes that the Hamas attack of 7th October 2023 and the on-going Israeli destruction of Gaza which followed are but the latest, and most devastating, episode in a cycle of recurring violence in Israel and Palestine, which must be brought to an end.  Conference further notes the recent interventions of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.  It welcomes the ruling of the ICJ that the Occupation of Palestine is illegal and that settlements in the Palestinian territories must cease, and that member states of the UN are forbidden to support the Occupation. It also notes with approval the… Read more: Proposed Lib Dem Friends of Palestine conference motion