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Recognising Palestine

Should ministers penalise Palestine Action while rewarding Hamas?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Aug 01, 2025
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Keir Starmer’s speech on recognising Palestine makes little legal or political sense, a leading international lawyer said yesterday.

Lord Verdirame KC, professor of international law at King’s College London, and a non-affiliated peer, agued that the most perverse aspect of the prime minister’s announcement on Tuesday was his conditions for recognition.

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