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A Symbolic Vote in Britain Recognizes a Palestinian State - New York Times Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:37:41 GMT

New York Times

A Symbolic Vote in Britain Recognizes a Palestinian State New York Times LONDON — Against a backdrop of growing impatience across Europe with Israeli policy, Britain's Parliament overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution Monday night to give diplomatic recognition to a Palestinian state. The vote was a symbolic but ... UK vote on Palestine: Why all the fuss?Aljazeera.com British MPs Pass Non-Binding Vote To Recognize PalestineHuffington Post MPs back Palestinian statehood alongside IsraelBBC News Al-Arabiya -The Independent -RT all 3,049 news articles »

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MPs' vote on Palestine state recognition is part of growing international trend - The Guardian Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:11:36 GMT

The Guardian

MPs' vote on Palestine state recognition is part of growing international trend The Guardian But Monday's vote by British MPs on whether to recognize the state of Palestine comes at an unsually sensitive moment. And whatever its outcome – it is part of a growing international trend. Intensive lobbying has mobilized supporters of both Israel ...

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Cameron to abstain in symbolic vote on Palestine status - Reuters UK Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:18:42 GMT

Reuters UK

Cameron to abstain in symbolic vote on Palestine status Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will not take part in a parliamentary vote on whether the government should recognise Palestine as a state, his spokesman said on Monday ahead of a debate designed to raise the political profile of the ...

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UK parliament passes non-binding motion to recognize Palestinian state - Haaretz Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:20:13 GMT

UK parliament passes non-binding motion to recognize Palestinian state Haaretz LONDON - The British parliament voted Monday in favor of a non-binding motion to recognize the state of Palestine, in a majority vote of 274-12. The vote, which followed a debate that lasted nearly five hours, has no practical significance since it ...

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Palestine Statehood Vote: Parliament To Argue For Recognition From UK - Huffington Post UK Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:12:41 GMT

Palestine Statehood Vote: Parliament To Argue For Recognition From UK Huffington Post UK "I continue to support the only realistic solution, one democratic and secular state, called Israel-Palestine or Palestine-Israel. The proposed two-state solution is to all intents and purposes dead and is only used in order to provide Israel further ...

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MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of recognising Palestinian state - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:26:49 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of recognising Palestinian state Telegraph.co.uk for telling them to publicly back the recognition of Palestine, with one shadow minister supposedly calling the situation a "cock-up" in party management. Mr Miliband reportedly backed down from ordering MPs to both attend and vote for the motion after ...

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WATCH: British parliament votes to recognize Palestine - The Times of Israel Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:30:55 GMT

WATCH: British parliament votes to recognize Palestine The Times of Israel MPs objecting to the move argue that recognition of Palestine should only come as part of a wider Middle East peace settlement. Over 300 Israeli figures, including two left-wing ex-ministers, by contrast, signed a letter Sunday urging the British ...

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British MPs pass non-binding vote to recognise Palestine - Yahoo News Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:42:13 GMT

Yahoo News

British MPs pass non-binding vote to recognise Palestine Yahoo News The motion was passed by 274 in favour to 12 votes against, to "recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel" as part of a "contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution". The House of Commons debate was being watched ...

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Lady Warsi: MPs must show way in Palestine vote - The Guardian Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:56:45 GMT

The Guardian

Lady Warsi: MPs must show way in Palestine vote The Guardian In her first interview following a self-imposed period of silence, Warsi said disquiet over the government's approach to the Israel and Palestine issue was widespread and that far more needed to be done to pressure Israel towards a two-state solution.

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Watch: British parliament holds symbolic vote on Palestine status - Jerusalem Post Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:01:27 GMT

Watch: British parliament holds symbolic vote on Palestine status Jerusalem Post Lawmakers in Britain's lower house of parliament voted by 274 to 12 to pass a non-binding motion stating: "That this House believes that the Government should recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing ...