Labour rebels demand reparations for UK ‘war crimes’ in Palestine

The 18 backbenchers and one Labour peer demand that an apology be made for Britain’s decision to withdraw from Palestine, which led to the creation of Israel.

It is part of a campaign by Britain Owes Palestine, the organisation that submitted a 400-page legal petition to the government in September, in which it claimed there was “incontrovertible evidence” that the UK breached international law when it controlled Palestine under the British Mandate.

A legal petition is a formal request to the government to act based on evidence and legal analysis, and is often used by victims of colonial wrongdoing.

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