JERUSALEM, November 12, 2014 (WAFA) – Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s central committee, Ahmad Queri, Wednesday called upon the Government of the United Kingdom to recognize the Palestinian state as well as to support a foreseen Palestinian UN draft resolution to set  a timetable for ending the Israeli occupation.

The call came as Queri met with the British Consul General in Palestine, Alastair McPhail, in the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem.

The meeting handled issues related to the Israeli escalations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including settlement expansion and continued provocative visits by Jewish settlers to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as Israel’s intentions to withdraw the identity cards of Palestinians in Jerusalem as means of collective punishment.

On October 14, an overwhelming majority of British members of Parliament favored a motion that calls for the recognition of Palestine as an official state in a contribution for peace.

A total of 274 MPs expressed support for the motion, promoted by MP Grahame Morris, while 12 voted against it.

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