Israeli lobby seeks to block UK parliament vote on Palestine

Efforts by the Israeli lobby in the UK and Britain’s Friends of Israel parliamentary groups, have recently gained momentum to block a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent state.

British lawmakers are expected to debate the motion, proposed by Labor MP Grahame Morris, which calls on the UK government to symbolically recognize the state of Palestine.

However, leading figures from Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) have threatened to resign from the opposition party if Labor leader, Ed Miliband, does not stand against the motion .... http://www.presstv.ir