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British activists held a large rally outside the Downing Street to condemn the Israeli regime and call on the government to support recognition of the Palestinians' statehood bid.
The rally organized by Palestine 194 campaign group called on Prime Minister David Cameron to “recognize Palestine” as a state.
The vocal demonstrations featured anti-Zionist Jews carrying placards , which read “recognize Palestine”, “vote for Palestine” and “a Palestinian state a step in the right direction.”
Palestine 194 said on its website that their demand is supported by “almost 60 percent of the British public” and “over 90 [British] MPs” who have “signed a motion” demanding “recognition of Palestine in the United Nations.”
British pollsters YouGov found in a research on September 6 that 71 percent of the public think that the Palestinian people have a right “to their own state.”
The campaign group called on the British government and the UN to recognize Palestine as the international body's 194th member state.
London has announced that they will not support Palestinians' bid for full UN membership.
Foreign office sources said last week that Britain will start using the word “state” to refer to Palestine if Palestinians avoid taking their statehood bid to the UN.
The sources said London will only approve the same 'non-member state' status at the United Nations as the Vatican for Palestinians but if they resume negotiations with the Israeli regime based on the so-called Middle East peace process.
The peace talks have been paralyzed by the Israeli regime's lack of commitment to its terms, especially an end to settlement-building in the Palestinian occupied territories.
A number of British MPs, leaders and members of the workers' unions and anti-Zionist Jews were present at the rally.
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