Labour party members defied Keir Starmer and told him to recognise the brutal Israeli invasion of Gaza as a 'genocide' today, with a pleas for tougher measures to bring about a ceasefire.
The Unison trade union pushed through an emergency motion at the party's annual conference supporting a UN commission of inquiry that determined that Israel had committed 'genocide'.
It also called on the government to 'ban trade with illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank' and apply 'comprehensive sanctions', including a full arms embargo, on Israel.
It came as protesters gathered again outside the venue in Liverpool this morning ahead of two votes, the day after more than 60 supporters of terrorist group Palestine Action were arrested.
Moving the symbolic motion, Unison general secretary Christina McAnea said: 'This is genocide.
