Labour Party Leaders Promise Britain Will Recognize Palestine If Party Returns to Power After July 4 Elections

The pitch is the latest effort by Labour Party members to make headway with Muslim voters as Britain’s six-week election campaign kicks off.

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Britain's Labour leader Keir Starmer, left, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar launch Scottish Labour's General Election campaign at City Facilities in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday May 24, 2024. Andrew Milligan/PA via AP

The deputy leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Angela Rayner, is promising voters that if her party comes into power in the upcoming national election, it will recognize Palestine as a state, echoing the pitch being made by other Labour candidates vying for young and Muslim voters.

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