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At Labour's party conference in Liverpool, the Conference Arrangements Committee blocked an emergency motion to cancel Palantir's £330m NHS contract over the company's links to the Israeli military. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told delegates 'we hear you, you were right' regarding criticism of past Labour policy on Palestine, unveiling a more 'progressive' foreign policy approach, and separately touted that UK sanctions on Israeli settlers had helped mobilize international action, calling Gaza a 'stain on the conscience of the world.'