Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from on (#6YKMQ)
Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans forcible transfer'
Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel's defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah.
The MPs, who include centrist and leftwing backbenchers, sent a letter to David Lammy on Thursday warning they believed Gaza was being ethnically cleansed.
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