More than 220 UK MPs urge Starmer to recognise Palestinian state

TDT | London

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More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded yesterday that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The call, in a letter signed by lawmakers from nine UK political parties, came less than 24 hours after French President Emmanuel Macron said that his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state at a UN meeting in September. “We urge you to officially recognise the state of Palestine at the Conference next week,” the 221 UK lawmakers wrote in the joint letter, referring to a July 28-29 UN Conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia in New York.