British MP calls for recognizing Palestine as "Goodwill Gesture'
Alicia Kearns, Chair of the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, has urged the British government to recognize Palestine as a "goodwill gesture."
In press statements on Wednesday, Kearns emphasized: "We must recognize Palestine as a goodwill gesture. We need to convince [the UK government] to pressure Israel on establishing a Palestinian state."
She warned: "The far-right Israeli government is entrenching control over the West Bank—soon there may be no Palestine left to recognize."
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