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Source: https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/anti-israel-motions-off-the-agenda-at-labours-annual-conference/
Anti-Israel Motions Off the Agenda at British Labour Party's Annual Conference
(Jewish News-UK) Lee Harpin - Not a single Labour Party branch submitted an anti-Israel motion as their chosen topic of debate at this year's annual conference in Liverpool. In a clear signal of the change in direction of the party under Keir Starmer's leadership, the anti-Israel sentiment and Palestinian flag-waving that had dominated conferences under previous leader Jeremy Corbyn appear to have been replaced with concern for other issues. Labour national executive committee member Luke Akehurst recalled the "period where there were deliberately provocative debates about Israel involving seas of Palestinian flags being waved on the conference floor." In 2018, at the height of Corbyn's control of the party, hundreds of Palestinian flags were held aloft by delegates, who voted to debate that issue instead of the crisis in Britain's National Health Service.