British Parliament Recognizes Palestinian State in Symbolic Vote

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LONDON — Against a backdrop of growing impatience 
across Europe with Israeli policy, Britain’s Parliament 
overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution Monday 
night to give diplomatic recognition to a Palestinianstate....
The vote was a symbolic but potent indication of how public 
opinion has shifted since the breakdown of American-sponsored 
peace negotiations and the conflict in Gaza this summer.

Though the outcome of a parliamentary vote, 274 to 12, 
was not binding on the British government, 
the debate was the latest evidence of how support 
for Israeli policies, even among staunch allies of Israel, 
is giving way to more calibrated positions and in 
some cases frustrated expressions of opposition 
to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance 
toward the Palestinians....[...] nytimes.com