A bill seeking to ban public bodies boycotting Israel was passed in UK’s House of Commons, despite pro-Palestine protests outside Parliament. The Anti-Boycott Bill was passed by 282 to 235 on Thursday, and was sent to the House of Lords. 279 Conservative Party MPs, two independent MPs and 1 member of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party voted in favour of the bill.

 

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