UK Faces Urgent Calls for Colonial-Era Reparations After Palestinian State Recognition
UK Faces Urgent Calls for Colonial-Era Reparations After Palestinian State Recognition Palestinian advocates are intensifying demands for the United Kingdom to apologize and offer reparations for alleged colonial-era war crimes, particularly following Britain’s recent recognition of a Palestinian state. A 400-page legal petition was submitted to the Foreign Office earlier this month by a group representing 13 families who claim they suffered violence, exile, or repression during the British Mandate in historical Palestine (1917-1948). Victor Kattan, spokesperson for the petitioners…