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British MPs sign anti- separation wall petition
Palestine-UK, Politics, 2/24/2004
As many as 168 British MPs, including 124 Labour Party members, signed a petition against the Israeli separation wall now being built in the Palestinian territories.
The lawmakers called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to denounce Israel's construction of the 700-km-long wall, which snakes through vast swathes of Palestinian lands and pre-sets the borders of a future Palestinian state.
Among the signatories were former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, former International Development Secretary Claire Short and famed anti-Iraq war activist George Galloway.
Meanwhile, Jews demonstrated Monday at Trafalgar Square in central London in support of the separation wall Israel is building in the Palestinian West Bank.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy claimed that the wall was a security measure and could be pulled down if an agreement was reached with what she called a reliable Palestinian partner.
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