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British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by bappahman: 11:14pm On Oct 13, 2014 |
British lawmakers voted resoundingly Monday in favor of a Palestinian state, in a debate unlikely to change government policy but laden with political symbolism. The ayes carried the vote with 274 votes, against only 12 nays. The initial motion that was debated declared: “This House urges the government to recognize the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel.” It was subsequently amended to add the phrase “as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution.” The House of Commons debate was watched around the world after Sweden drew anger from Israel this month for saying it would recognize Palestine. The motion was initiated by backbencher Grahame Morris from the main opposition Labour party, who said Britain had a “moral responsibility” to act because of its history as colonial power in the region. The vote was especially symbolic given that Britain was the mandatory power in Palestine from 1920-1948, when the State of Israel was founded, and that Britain’s Balfour Declaration of 1917 was a significant milestone en route to the revival of Jewish statehood. “It’s absolutely clear that Israel-Palestine relations are stuck at an impasse, as is our foreign policy,” Morris said, opening the debate. “Both of these impasses must be broken. We hear a great deal of talk about the two-state solution but today, through validating both states, members will have the opportunity to translate all of that principled talk into action.” The vote is non-binding as it was initiated by a backbencher. Members of the government, which backs a two- state solution, abstained from the vote. Prime Minister David Cameron’s official spokesman said: “We think that… you should do everything you can that’s supportive of a successful and sustainable outcome based on a two-state solution.” The leaders of Morris’s party, Labour, said that MPs who were in the Commons when the vote took place had to back it. However, a number of high-profile figures were reportedly uncomfortable with the motion and did not show up. Neither Cameron nor Labour leader Ed Miliband was in the Commons chamber for the start of the debate. An online petition paving the way for the debate attracted more than 111,000 signatures, Morris said. Before the debate, a handful of protesters gathered in pouring rain outside the Houses of Parliament, where they had erected a giant banner saying: “Yes Vote for a Palestinian State.” “If there is a state, the aggression would stop and the healing could begin,” said one of them, Eddie Clarke. “We feel this parliament has a duty to vote for it.” The Palestinian Authority estimates that 134 countries have recognized Palestine as a state, although the number is disputed since several recognitions by what are now European Union member states date to the Soviet era. |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by bappahman: 11:15pm On Oct 13, 2014 |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by Sunofgod(m): 11:16pm On Oct 13, 2014 |
wasn't 'Palestine' a state before the british handed the territory over to the jewish zionists? 1 Like |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by Nobody: 12:00am On Oct 14, 2014 |
Sweden already recognised them |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by bappahman: 12:34am On Oct 14, 2014 |
Sunofgod:it was 1 Like |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by Lucasbalo(m): 1:38am On Oct 14, 2014 |
About time. I hope American congress will follow soon. Sweden was the first European country to recognize Palestine as a sovereign entity. Isreal is going to be against it but they have to realize it's for the peaceful coexistence of all the parties involved. |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by kettykin: 4:30am On Oct 14, 2014 |
Does anyone know why the selective recognition of ştates are these not the same countries that did everything they could to undermine biafrans in their quest for Biafra, how come they are now backing the balkanization of another country Israel |
Re: British Mps Vote To Recognise Palestine As A State by bappahman: 9:49am On Oct 14, 2014 |
US will be the last country to do so |
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