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In the following weeks during Israel's counterattacks on Gaza, a number of pro-Palestine vigils, rallies and marches were held throughout the UK.On 9 October, the Stop the War Coalition and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) attended a demonstration in which hundreds marched through London's Kensington High Street and outside the embassy of Israel.
In response to the 7 October attacks, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asserted that the United Kingdom "unequivocally" stands with Israel. [1] The UK also issued an "unequivocal condemnation" of Palestinian militant group Hamas [2] and deployed British Armed Forces personnel and assets to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel. [3]
The United Kingdom does not recognise Palestine as a state. [1] The UK has a non-accredited Consulate General in Jerusalem that "represents the UK government in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza", and works on "political, commercial, security and economic interests between the UK and the Palestinian territories". [2]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. State of Palestine United Nations membership Represented by State of Palestine Membership Non-member observer state Since November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) Permanent Representative Riyad Mansour Issues relating to the State of Palestine and aspects of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict occupy ...
Israel–United Kingdom relations, or Anglo-Israeli relations, are the diplomatic and commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Israel. The British embassy to Israel is located in Tel Aviv. The UK has an honorary consul in Eilat [ 2 ] and a non-accredited consulate-general in Jerusalem , that represents the United Kingdom in that city and ...
The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
Subsequently Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, the Secretary General of the Arab League as well as "prominent Palestinian Arabs" and "representatives of Jewish opinion in the United Kingdom and in Palestine" were invited. [6] Neither the Jewish Agency for Palestine nor the Palestine Arab Higher Executive accepted the invitations. [7]
The United Nations Commission was to be the statutory body for the Government of Palestine and the authority with which the British Mandate authority was to make an agreement regarding the transfer of the assets of the Government of Palestine. The United Nations Commission was also to be the authority for Palestine’s internal administration ...