{"id":16351,"date":"2018-09-26T10:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:12","slug":"claire-lees-labour-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16351","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Justice for all Palestinians&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaking in support of a motion on the rights of the Palestinian people on Tuesday (September 25), Unite delegate Claire Lees slammed the \u00e2\u20ac\u015bracist nature of the new Israeli nation state law\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She likewise criticised Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s action in attacking \u00c2\u00a0the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which she called a \u00e2\u20ac\u015bflagrant attack on Palestinian rights and must be seen as part of his wider campaign against the Palestinians and their aspirations for self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTrump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to move the Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem simultaneously moves to deny Palestinians the right to have Jerusalem as a capital of the Palestinian state,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Claire added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She said the move also \u00e2\u20ac\u015bendorses the massive expansion of settlements which are encircling the city and cutting off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of US funding to UNRWA, Claire highlighted, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bthreatens the wellbeing of the 5.6 million Palestinian refugees and the education of 560,000 children and the jobs of 22,000 teachers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is a direct attack against the refugees of 1948 and 1967 and an attack on their right of return,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Claire reminded conference of the horrific scenes this summer when Palestinians in Gaza demonstrated about their right to return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey were met with overwhelming force, Israel soldiers firing live rounds indiscriminately on unarmed protesters,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIsraeli snipers taking out Palestinian health workers tending to the wounded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe must back calls for an independent investigation into the shootings on the border with Gaza,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Claire added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that Britain has a responsibility for creating the plight of the Palestinians in the first place and so now \u00e2\u20ac\u015bhas a duty today to give support to ensure justice for all Palestinians.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Claire urged conference to support the motion as she called on delegates to wave their flags in solidarity with the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking in support of a motion on the rights of the Palestinian people on Tuesday (September 25), Unite delegate Claire Lees slammed the \u00e2\u20ac\u015bracist nature of the new Israeli nation state law\u00e2\u20ac\u0165. &nbsp; 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