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The United Kingdom maintains a consulate in Jerusalem which "provides public services and promote British interests in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories".〔(Our Consul General ), website of the British Consulate-General, Jerusalem〕 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office states the "Consular district covers Jerusalem (West and East), the West Bank and Gaza. As well as work on the Middle East Peace Process and other political issues, the Consulate also promotes trade between the UK and the Palestinian territories and manages an extensive programme of aid and development work. The latter is undertaken primarily by the DFID office in Jerusalem.".〔(Country Profile: The Occupied Palestinian Territories )〕 Since 2005, the State of Palestine has been represented in London by Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian General Delegate to the United Kingdom.〔 The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine was established by British academics to support Palestine's universities, students and staff and to promote academic boycotts of Israel.〔(British Committee for Universities for Palestine )〕 ==History== Since the Six Day War, the British government has been active to achieve a diplomatic settlement of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The issue of a Palestinian state was raised already in July 1967 by Labour MP Paul Rose.〔(Statement in the House of Commons )〕 Margaret Thatcher supported in general a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation and was willing to consider some PLO involvement in this solution.〔(Letter from Thatcher to King Hussein 1982 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palestine–United Kingdom relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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