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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state

Palestinian children line up to receive a hot meal at a food distribution in Gaza.
Palestinian children line up to receive a hot meal at a food distribution in Gaza. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah.

The MPs, who include centrist and leftwing backbenchers, sent a letter to David Lammy on Thursday warning they believed Gaza was being ethnically cleansed.

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