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Mon 03 Mar 2009Boycott Israel motion fails
MIDDLE EAST:MOTIONS CALLING for a boycott of Israel because of the actions of its armed forces in the Gaza Strip in late December and early January failed to secure a majority at the Labour Party conference and were referred back to the party executive.
Instead the conference approved a motion from the outgoing national executive committee calling for an international war crimes inquiry into actions of participants in the conflict.
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