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PM echoes Thatcher stance on apartheid
Cameron’s ban on councils’ ethical policies comes under fire
DAVID CAMERON’S incoming ban on boycotts of Israel is no different from Thatcher’s support for apartheid, Palestinian campaigners blasted yesterday.
New guidelines to be published by the Tories later this week include a series of “severe penalties” for local authorities that boycott investment or trade with Israel over illegal occupation of Palestine.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s team was quick to brand the move “unethical” and undemocratic.
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