Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has warned that the UK government remains in danger of criminal liability over its supply of weapons to Israel.
The backbench MP, considered on the left of the party, made these remarks at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) fringe event on Monday evening at the ruling Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool.
Ribeiro-Addy also warned that the conflict in the Middle East is widening to southern Lebanon.
“The danger is a regional war,” she said.
The event had already drawn controversy after it was revealed that party managers had prohibited the use of the words “genocide” and “apartheid” in promotional brochures referring to Israel’s campaign against Palestinians. ….more
