House Democrats sign on to letter urging Trump to recognise Palestinian statehood

Draft backed by over a dozen Democrats says Palestinian rights as a people and nation' must be urgently upheld

More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress have signed on to a letter that urges the Trump administration to recognise Palestinian statehood, in a draft copy shared with the Guardian.

Congressman Ro Khanna of California is leading the letter addressed to the president and secretary of state Marco Rubio, and is joined by several House progressives, including Greg Casar of Texas, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Maxwell Frost of Florida.