Palestinians launch legal bid against Britain over ‘century of oppression'

A group of Palestinians have launched a legal bid for reparations from the UK Government, warning the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict were "made in Britain".

Lawyers behind the 400-page legal petition say they have evidence of alleged international law violations during the period of British rule in the first half of the 20th Century.

Historical evidence from 1917 to 1948 allegedly shows Britain unlawfully repressed the Palestinian people, and was primarily to blame for the breakup of the single unitary territory, which is now split between Gaza strip and the West Bank, they claim.

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