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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sam Hall

‘Britain owes Palestine’ petition handed in at No 10 demanding reparations

Campaigners Avi Shlaim (secnd right), Munib al-Masri (second left) and his grandson Munib Masri Junior (right) with the Britain owes Palestine 400-page legal petition outside number 10 Downing Street (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

A “Britain owes Palestine” petition demanding an apology and reparations from the UK for alleged historic international law violations has been handed in at Downing Street.

The petition demands the UK take responsibility for “serial international law violations” including alleged war crimes committed during the British occupation of Palestine between 1917 and 1948.

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