UK PM Starmer pressured by own MPs to pay reparations to Palestine for British ‘war crimes’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing pressure from a group of MPs within his ruling Labour party to apologize and consider paying reparations to Palestinians for Britain’s role during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine between 1917 and 1948.

In an open letter addressed to the prime minister, nearly 20 Labour parliamentarians called on the government to acknowledge what they described as Britain’s historical responsibility for “war crimes” committed during its administration of the territory.

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