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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

EXPLAINED: Labour mps pressure foreign office to recognise palestinian statehood - The Real Truth

Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry, the chair of the foreign affairs selected committee, said that if the west did not act soon, there would be no Palestine left to recognise. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The Foreign Office is under pressure from Labour MPs to recognise a Palestinian state if Emmanuel Macron, the French president, presses ahead with plans to recognise Palestine at an international conference set for June.

France is co-chairing the conference at the UN in New York alongside Saudi Arabia, and Macron has said the conference must be a decisive moment.

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