UK Middle East Minister Rejects Calls to Recognise Palestinian State

London (Quds News Network)- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, rejected more than a dozen calls from MPs across the political spectrum for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state, stating that “practical measures” must still be taken before such a state would be possible.

Falconer made his comments in a debate on Tuesday following this week’s visit of the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa to London and the signing of a…