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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Peers push for Palestinian state recognition Bill amid opposition in Lords

The Bill faces a battle to make progress due to a lack of parliamentary time to consider backbench proposals (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

A proposed law requiring the UK to recognise a Palestinian state has attracted support in Parliament, amid warnings it would act as a “licence for further terrorism”.

Former minister Baroness Northover has tabled the Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill in the hope of pushing the UK Government to act on its ambition for a two-state solution.

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