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British announcement follows the same commitment made by French President Emmanuel Macron last week.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The irony of the British government which ruled Palestine from 1920 to 1948 not recognizing an independent state of Palestine until 2025, and only when the pile of Palestinian corpses reached 450k bodies high...

Like, its great they finally decided to come around (and it'll be a shame when incoming Reform Party PM Nigel Farage immediately reverses the decision out of spite). But the fact that they dragged their feet on this for so long does not speak to their willingness to intercede to end this holocaust.