UK Palestine statehood vote: Symbol or stumble?


A review of the best commentary on and around the world... Today's must-read It was a symbolic action, but symbols can be powerful. On Monday the British House of Commons voted 274 to 12 to recommend that the UK recognise Palestine as a state alongside Israel (half the body's members were absent or abstained). Labour MP Grahame Morris, who presented the motion, told the BBC it is the "right thing to do". "There's a huge feeling in the country that this is the time," he said. The action in the UK comes on the heels of a 3 October announcement by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven that his would be the first...
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