Gareth Thomas says move is ‘political judgment’ after challenge from 40 members of House of Lords
Gareth Thomas says move is ‘political judgment’ after challenge from 40 members of House of Lords
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The UK’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state is compliant with international law, a minister has said, after a group of peers raised concerns that it did not meet the legal bar.
Gareth Thomas, a business minister, said it was a “political judgment” that Palestine should be recognised and that the government believed it was compatible with the criteria for statehood under the Montevideo convention, a treaty signed in 1933.
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