Backbench Business — Palestine and Israel

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 8:13 pm on 13 October 2014.

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Photo of Ian Mearns Ian Mearns Labour, Gateshead 8:13, 13 October 2014

My dad served in what was then Palestine in the late 1930s, before the outbreak of the second world war. In contrast to the other 134 countries that have recognised Palestine, our recognition would be quite different because we were the protectorate. We were the power that held the mandate of protection over the area of Palestine that subsequently became Israel and Palestine.