"A group of Palestinians will serve a legal petition asking the UK to take responsibility for what they call serial international law violations, including war crimes committed during the British occupation of Palestine from 1917 to 1948, the consequences of which it says still reverberate today. The 400-plus page document, drafted by human rights KCs, details incontrovertible evidence of the UK's unlawful legacy."
"The current crisis in Palestine was made in Britain' through a catalogue of neglect and abuse of the Palestinian people. Together we have suffered more than a century of oppression. Britain can only play its part in building a just peace in the region today if it acknowledges its defining role in the horrors of the past. An apology would be a just start to what Palestinians expect from the British government."
A group of Palestinians filed a 400-plus-page legal petition asserting that the UK bears responsibility for serial international law violations, including alleged war crimes during the British occupation of Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The petition cites the 1917 Balfour Declaration, mandate-era occupation, imposition of an authority without legal basis, and systematic abuses that produced enduring consequences. The document, drafted by human rights KCs, presents what it calls incontrovertible evidence and argues that Palestinians face their gravest crisis since 1948, for which Britain owes a special debt. The petition was served on the UK government, launches the Britain Owes Palestine campaign, and seeks official acknowledgment, apology, and reparations; failure to respond could lead to judicial review proceedings in the High Court in London.
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