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Delegates in the main hall at the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 21, 2025
THE Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow has overwhelmingly backed a ban on arms sales to Israel, as it stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine.
A motion, tabled by Cunningham South Constituency Labour Party (CLP) with the support of Glasgow Kelvin CLP, condemned US President Donald Trump’s stated intention to “own” Gaza and his claim that Palestinians had “no right to live there.”
It went on to argue that these plans amount to ethnic cleansing under UN and other international treaties in a land already in the midst of a genocide.
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated
Sir Keir faces backlash for continuing to enable the genocide in Gaza