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Jewish Voice for Labour conference lays Palestinian plight bare

THE plight of the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation was laid bare at the Let’s Talk About Palestine fringe event organised by Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) on Sunday night.

Around two hundred people squeezed into the conference room at the Mercure Hotel to hear speeches by JVL political officer Graham Bash, Israeli dissident historian Professor Ilhan Pappe and former Palestinian Knesset member Haneen Zoabi. 

“The whole purpose of Jewish Voice for Labour was so that we can talk about Palestine, so that it was possible to hold meetings on Palestine without being closed down on the basis that there could be some anti-semitism,” JVL co-chair Jenny Manson said kicking off the conference. 

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