There was standing room only at all Palestine fringes at Labour Party Conference. Events by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Medical Aid for Palestinians and Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East were all packed out. Overall, there were more than 1,000 attendances combined at the events.
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Delegates pack the room at PSC’s Labour Party Conference fringe.
The PSC event heard from: Chi Onwurah MP, Richard Howitt MEP, Dr Mona El Farra – Gaza Projects via live Skype link from Gaza, Palestinian politician Dr Nabil Sha’ath, Simon Weller from ASLEF, Nikki Sharpe from GMB and Kamel Hawwash from PSC. The event was chaired by Hugh Lanning, PSC.
Mona El Farra sent a video link with a message to Labour Party delegates:
Chi Onwurah MP – who had just returned from Palestine that day – said “I don’t think anything can prepare you for seeing the separation wall & the poverty beyond it.”
Here are a selection of tweets about the fringe meeting:
International community complicity ‘allows Israel to kill with impunity’ says @kamelhawwash at @PSCupdates #Lab14 fringe
— PSC (@PSCupdates) September 21, 2014
Chi Onwurah MP at @PSCupdates meeting: Palestine has tugged at the strings of my conscience for many years now pic.twitter.com/5YrynWYvnA — sarah colborne (@sncolborne) September 21, 2014
Richard Howitt MEP at @PSCupdates #Lab14: can be no return to status quo on Gaza – ceasefire terms should be implemented — sarah colborne (@sncolborne) September 21, 2014
‘We live in a country that is disappearing’ Nabil Sha’ath @PSCupdates #Lab14 meeting — PSC (@PSCupdates) September 21, 2014
Palestinian negotiator from Labour’s sister party, Dr Nabil Sha’ath, addressing @PSCupdates #Palestine fringe #Lab14 pic.twitter.com/GPryNREpKo — Ben Soffa (@BenSoffa) September 21, 2014
Nikki Sharpe from @GMBCampaigns : when arrested by Israel, Palestinian children disappear for days at a time with no news #Lab14
— PSC (@PSCupdates) September 21, 2014
At #LPC14 @PSCupdates fringe now: Simon Weller from rail union ASLEF – I want our reps to go to Palestine and show solidarity
— sarah colborne (@sncolborne) September 21, 2014