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However,
the vote was closely watched by Palestinian and Israeli authorities who
are seeking to gauge European countries' readiness to act on
Palestinian hopes for unilateral recognition by UN member states.
The
final motion, which passed by 274 votes to 12 at the House of Commons,
the lower house of the parliament, stated "that this house believes that
the government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the
state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state
solution".
The
vote comes just as Sweden's new centre-left government is set to
officially recognise Palestine, a move that has been condemned by
Israel, which says an independent Palestine can only be achieved through
negotiations.
Earlier on Monday, violence flared in
East Jerusalem when hundreds of Israeli police forces raided the
al-Aqsa mosque compound and clashed with Palestinian worshippers.
Protesters in East Jerusalem have fought almost nightly with Israeli security forces in recent days.
The unrest has been fuelled by a number of factors, including the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdair and the recent war in Gaza.
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