10-13-2014 British Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly to Recognize Palestinian State – Phillip Weiss Mondoweiss
In a historic move, the British Parliament voted overwhelmingly tonight, 274-12, to recognize a Palestinian state...as part of negotiated 2 state solution…The sense of the speechmaking (rush transcript here) was almost entirely in favor of the motion, with members of the House of Commons saying they were reflecting the popular will in the wake of the Gaza slaughter and the failure of the peace process. Some said they were seeking to influence the United States, which has not been an honest broker. Here is the New York Times coverage, indicating it was a symbolic vote. Many speakers said that it was not symbolic, it was historic and long past due, from the country that gave Zionists the Balfour Declaration and that recognized a Jewish state in 1950. ..
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