Posted on 09/22/2025 3:50:13 PM PDT by fluorescence
Keir Starmer's controversial decision to recognise a state of Palestine could lead to demands for the UK to pay more than £2 trillion in reparations to the country, legal experts have said.
Sir Keir has said the UK will press ahead with the move, which is expected to be announced ahead of his visit to the UN this week, unless Israel meets certain conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.
It has been condemned by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for 'rewarding terrorism', while the US Government says that it will have 'disastrous consequences'.
Now legal experts have warned that it could also be a costly decision – because the new country would ask for eye-watering damages in compensation for land 'taken from the Palestinian people' when Britain relinquished control of the region after the Second World War.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who has a long history of threatening to sue Britain, is demanding 'reparations in accordance with international law' based on the value of the land which was under British rule between 1917 and 1948.
Some international law experts have described £2 trillion, roughly the size of Britain's total economy, as a 'good place to start'.
Families of the hostages abducted by Hamas in the October 7 attacks have written to the Prime Minister to condemn the decision, which they claim has 'dramatically complicated' efforts to be reunited with their relatives.
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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy once supported calls for reparations for slavery, saying: 'As a Caribbean people, we are not going to forget our history. We don't want to just hear an apology, we want reparations,' while the Government's lawyer-in-chief, Lord Hermer, gave legal assistance to nations seeking reparations for slavery before he entered government.
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Give them India.
Oooopsieeee.
Well it was the British who promised one plot of land to two different groups of people.
The P.A. is still around????
Did I fall asleep and wake up 40 years ago?
Israel has agreed to a two-state solution several times. The Hamastinians (and their West-Bank brethren the PLO) have refused.
Starmer is gazing lovingly up into his colon.
Balfour Brilliance. It never ends.
” because the new country would ask for eye-watering damages in compensation for land ‘taken from the Palestinian people’ when Britain relinquished control of the region after the Second World War.”
The British were pushed out by waves of Jewish terrorists. They lost around 900 police and soldiers murdered in bombings, assassinations and ambushes. It’s a bit much to say they “relinquished” it.
Is the UK giving up the rest of London for them to move to?
By the time 2029 comes along and Sir Keir and his Labour party are thrown out of office... The UK will suffer greatly.
India wants $65 trillion in reparations from the UK
Of course, the only reason the wave of Jewish terrorists were there was -because- of the Brits and their Balfour declaration.
So I guess it’s a wash. Anyway, they have London in return and every major Brit city. That’s basically a reparation.
Still haven’t told us where this country of Palestine will be located, because it sure won’t be in Israel.
Israel needs to sue all of them for Title fraud.
Wasn’t Palestine already given back?
http://www.mideastweb.org/unpartition.htm
War broke out immediately. So it’s between Israel and the PA. The UK has nothing to do with it.
Interesting point. I agree... I would like you to be my attorney if needed.
Shouldn’t be a problem. Look at all the new taxpayers who are coming into the UK by boat! Doctors and engineers...
The U.K. can grow a pair and just say, ‘no’ to the ‘reparations’ demands. No is a very powerful word, often the first word a child masters, yet adults and many nations are afraid to utter it.
Hey, what about us? Can’t we get some reparation money, too?
Iran sound like a good spot.
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