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The Guardian - UK
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Rishi Sunak has a chance to foster a two-state solution in the Middle East

Protesters raise placards and Palestinian flags during a rally in East Jerusalem.
A protest rally in East Jerusalem last month. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s reversal of Liz Truss’s proposal to relocate Britain’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has been welcomed in many quarters (Report, 3 November). But could this be a missed opportunity to try to unlock the stalemate over the recognition of Palestinian rights to a homeland?

By simultaneously proposing the setting up of a British embassy to Palestine in East Jerusalem at the same time as moving the British embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, the UK’s new administration could give credence to international attempts to move towards a two-state solution to the impasse in the region.

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