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Ed Miliband was asked by a reporter if Britain would
recognize Palestine in the first year or two of his premiership,
if Labour wins national elections on May 7.
Miliband said Labour backed a symbolic vote held last year in
Britain's parliament in favor of recognizing Palestine.
"What we said at the time of that vote was that it was a vote
about the principle of recognition. And clearly a decision about
when recognition would take place was dependent on how it would
constructively help negotiations."
"I am not going to get into, today, speculation about when that
would precisely be. That is a judgment we would have to take at
the time," he said.
Ireland, France and Italy have also held parliamentary votes on
the status of Palestine in recent months. Sweden has gone
further by officially recognizing Palestine.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; writing by William Schomberg;
editing by Stephen Addison)
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