Zionist Entity Warns against UK Vote to Recognize Palestine

"Premature international recognition sends a troubling message to the Palestinian leadership that they can evade the tough choices that both sides have to make, and actually undermines the chances to reach a real peace," said a statement from the Israeli foreign ministry.
 
Late Monday British MPs voted 274 to 12 for a non-binding motion to "recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution".
 
The resolution was welcomed by the Palestinians.
"It will enhance the European voices calling for the recognition of the State of Palestine and will create the right environment for the international community to grant the Palestinian people legal parity and rights," senior Palestine Liberation Official Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement.
 
Britain's ambassador to the Zionist entity, Matthew Gould, said that although the vote was not binding on the British government it was significant.
 
"I think that this vote is a sign of shifting public opinion in the UK and indeed beyond," he said in an interview Tuesday morning with Israeli public radio.
 
The debate in the House of Commons came after the Swedish government announced it would recognize a Palestinian state -- it would be the first EU member in Western Europe to do so -- drawing anger from Israel.