Palestinians urge UK to act on colonial-era war crimes after recognition of state

Following the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state, Britain is being urged to look into alleged abuses by UK forces during the British Mandate.

Thirteen Palestinian families are calling for the UK to apologise over war crimes they said were subjected to during the British Mandate in historical Palestine, which lasted from 1917 until 1948, after Britain recognised the State of Palestine earlier this month.

The 400-page legal petition to the Foreign Office is seeking an official apology and reparations from the UK.

The petition documents three decades of alleged violence, repression, and forced expulsion, before Britain withdrew and Israel was established in 1948 in an event known as The Nakba, which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians ethnically cleansed from their land.

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