"We are gathered today in front of the Palestinian Mission to the UK here in London to mark a historic moment, said Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestinian Mission. In the same capital of the Balfour Declaration, after more than a century of ongoing denial, dispossession and erasure, the UK government has finally taken the long overdue step of recognising the state of Palestine, he said."
"Holding up a plaque, he said, to cheers from the crowd: Very soon, pending some legal work, some bureaucratic work this plaque, which reads The Embassy of the State of Palestine' will be placed right behind me on this building. He said the moment was not only about Palestine, it is also about Britain and the British government's solemn responsibility."
"It is about ending the denial of the Palestinian people's inalienable right to freedom and self-determination and it is an acknowledgement of a historic injustice, he said. Ladies and gentlemen, Palestine exists, it has always existed and it always will."
A flag-raising ceremony took place in central London outside the Palestine Mission to mark its transition into an embassy following UK recognition of the state of Palestine. The mission in Hammersmith will become an embassy once legal and bureaucratic steps are completed and an "Embassy of the State of Palestine" plaque is installed. The recognition was framed as addressing more than a century of denial, dispossession, and erasure linked to the Balfour Declaration. The move was described as acknowledging historic injustice and affirming the Palestinian people's inalienable right to freedom and self-determination. A firm declaration affirmed Palestine's continued existence.
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