Emily Thornberry, a British politician from the Labour party, said on Monday that the British government should mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by formally recognizing a Palestinian state.
Speaking to the Middle East Eye news website, Thornberry opined that the time was now right to do this.
“I don’t think we celebrate the Balfour Declaration but I think we have to mark it because I think it was a turning point in the history of that area and I think the most important way of marking it is to recognize Palestine. The British government have said they will do, it's just a question of when the time is right and it seems to me this is the time,” she said.