News- Middle East: The Green Party of England and Wales has voted for a motion calling for the Israeli military to be designated as a "terrorist organization," stressing that Britain should apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

At its annual conference on Sunday, the party’s members overwhelmingly backed the motion.

The proscription would make membership of the Israeli military or expressing support for it a criminal offence under British counterterror law.

Addressing the conference, Party leader Zack Polanski endorsed the motion, saying that to do so was a "moral imperative."

The motion stressed that Britain "should formally apologize to the people of Palestine for the Balfour Declaration," through which Britain executed its plan of establishing a Jewish “national home” in Palestine.

It called for Israel to “fully withdraw all troops from Gaza and end surveillance and military operations in Palestinian airspace,” for “the provision of sustainable aid, food, water, baby formula, and resources required to help rebuild civilian life,” and for the British government to use its shipping resources to deliver aid.

The motion also urged the party’s elected representatives to push for the UK government to “support and resource the international case of genocide against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC),” to “implement a full arms embargo on Israel,” to “end the training of Israeli soldiers by British forces, and end the spy plane flights over Gaza from the British military base in Cyprus.”

The party called for "a UN peacekeeping force in the West Bank and Gaza to ensure the safety of Palestinian residents."

Last Friday, Polanski slammed the Labor government for being "an active participant in the murdering of the Palestinians."

"We must stop selling arms to Israel," he said, adding, "We must stop sharing intelligence. We will do everything we can to stop the genocide."

The party leader also decried the UK Government’s decision to proscribe the “Palestine Action” protest group under terrorism legislation.

The regime’s bloody war on Gaza has so far killed more than 67,160 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Source: Press TV