Overview

• A two-minute Palestine Solidarity Campaign video released ahead of Labour’s conference features Steve Coogan, Maxine Peake, Paloma Faith and others declaring “It’s a genocide.”
• The appeal demands sanctions on Israel and an immediate halt to UK arms sales.
• PSC is leading a national demonstration in Liverpool today as Labour convenes its annual conference.
• Campaign materials cite Oxfam and the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry as supporting characterizations that campaigners interpret as genocide.
• Keir Starmer recently confirmed the UK will recognise a Palestinian state, a move Benjamin Netanyahu called “absurd,” and the Cabinet Office has been asked for comment.