Current government policy is not to recognise Palestine before a negotiated settlement agreed by both the Israeli government and Palestinian representatives
The Labour leader has come under pressure from his own party over his stance on Gaza but Labour insiders say they are hopeful the party will try to find a way to drop the policy throughout the parliament.
He faced a mutiny in the Commons last year when more than 50 MPs, including frontbenchers, voted against his stance and has been hit by councillor resignations around the country.There have been concerns in the party that it could lose votes to breakaway candidates, such as those in George Galloway’s Workers Party of Britain, who take a more pro-Palestine stance.
UK Government policy is not to recognise Palestine before a negotiated settlement agreed by both the Israeli government and Palestinian representatives.
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