British MPs ask government to apologise for Balfour Declaration

Written By Isabel Jones

Dozens of British politicians want Prime Minister Keir Starmer to apologise for the UK’s “historical responsibility” to Palestine, in an open letter whose signatories included 18 Labour party backbenchers.

The letter, signed by 45 cross-party MPs and peers, says it is time the UK apologised for Britain’s withdrawal from Palestine in 1947, which led to the creation of Israel.

The letter states that “even under the laws of the time”, Britain had “no right to give” away Palestine in 1947. “We withdrew having encouraged partition while doing nothing to prevent the atrocities and mass expulsions that followed,” the letter said.

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