UK: Labour Party bans words 'genocide' and 'apartheid' from conference

UK Labour Party managers blocked the words "genocide" and "apartheid" in reference to Israel's conduct against Palestinians from being used in brochures at a side event during its annual conference in Liverpool. 

The conference's start was marked by pro-Palestine protests as over 15,000 people marched through the city on Saturday to express their opposition to Britain selling arms to Israel amid its ongoing siege and bombardment of Gaza. 

Labour MP Kim Johnson addressed the crowd but was heckled by some protesters who urged her to "get out of the Labour Party".

Controversy also erupted surrounding a planned fringe event on Palestine at the conference.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has revealed that party managers refused to allow the words "genocide" and "apartheid" to appear in the name of its fringe event scheduled for Monday in the conference brochure.

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