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Israel/Palestine

Eugene

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1. Labour calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for first time

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Wed Feb 21, 2024, 03:30 PM

Feb 2024

Source: BBC

Labour calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for first time

21 February 2024

By Sam Francis, political reporter & Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent
BBC News

Labour has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the conflict in October.

The move comes after days of party debate on how to vote in Parliament on an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire.

Ten Labour frontbenchers quit in order to vote for the SNP's previous call for a ceasefire in November.

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said Labour had shifted because the situation in Gaza had "evolved".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68346129

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