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Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links
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<p>The Labour Party’s Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) has blocked an emergency motion brought by party delegates on cancelling <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-palantir-becoming-embedded-major-newsroom-operations" target="_blank">Palantir’s </a>NHS contract over the company’s links to the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli </a>military.</p>
<p>The motion, put forward at the party’s conference in Liverpool by the Labour-affiliated Socialist Health Association and at least three constituency parties, urged the government to cancel the £330m ($437m) contract to process NHS data with the controversial tech giant.</p>
<p>It said Palantir was “facing numerous allegations of involvement in serious breaches of human rights, including due to it developing technology for Israel's military to use in its unlawful occupation of <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian </a>land and genocide in Gaza".</p>
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