The embassy of Palestine was officially inaugurated in London in a short ceremony on Monday, hailed by its ambassador as a \u201cprofound milestone\u201d in British-Palestinian relations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gather today to mark a historic moment \u2013 the inauguration of the embassy of the State of Palestine to the United Kingdom<\/a>, with full diplomatic status and privileges,\u201d said Husam Zomlot in a speech outside what was previously known as the Palestinian Mission to the UK in west London.The official upgrading of the mission to embassy status came after the UK announced it would recognise the State of Palestine in September 2025, along with several other countries, including Australia<\/a> and Canada<\/a>, at a time of major international concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.Sporting a traditional black and white keffiyeh scarf, Zomlot told the ceremony this is \u201cnot merely a change of name\u201d, but a \u201cchange of direction\u201d towards Palestinian<\/a> statehood.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a way to begin a new year together, marking a profound milestone in British-Palestinian relations, and in the Palestinian people\u2019s long journey to freedom and self-determination,\u201d Zomlot said, before unveiling the embassy\u2019s new plaque.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a day of hope, a day of steadfastness, and a day that reminds the world that peace is not only possible, it is inevitable \u2026 when rooted in justice, dignity, equality and mutual recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The embassy of Palestine was officially inaugurated in London in a short ceremony on Monday, hailed by its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[29621,205572,186,748,205571,943,393,2194,4884,835,205570,837,257,1814,81844,205573,56242,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-676524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-alistair-harrison","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-british-palestinian-relations","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-gaza","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-hamas","18":"tag-husam-zomlot","19":"tag-israel","20":"tag-london","21":"tag-palestine","22":"tag-palestinian","23":"tag-palestinian-mission-to-the-uk","24":"tag-state-of-palestine","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115845267697149128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}