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2025-09-21 15:38:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 833A80B69C1569C16BFA05679107141616A57E1FE717CE443BDF366F5DE910A8
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Missing context It is illegal to gain land/Statehood through initiating war, UN charter, Article 2(4). https://legal.un.org/repertory/art2/english/rep_supp7_vol1_art2_4.pdf https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/law-9780199231690-e1376#:~:text=Its%20Art.,or%20the%20Soviet%20Union%2C%20respectively. It disregards UK and UN Statehood rules based on Montevideo Convention. https://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup15/Montevideo%20Convention.pdf https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-06/13562 This move is not supported by the people, 9/10 Briton's were against this decision. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/19/uk-recognise-palestine-state-gaza-israel-war-genocide/
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