Husam Zomlot, speaking to Al Arabiya English, also said the UK should have already recognized a Palestinian state LONDON: Palestine’s ambassador to the UK said on Thursday that the Palestine issue should transcend British party politics. Husam Zomlot, speaking to Al Arabiya English, also said the UK should have already recognized a Palestinian state. “Palestine is not a partisan issue. It isn’t a party issue,” he told Rosanna Lockwood as part of the channel’s coverage of the UK election on Thursday. “Palestine should be a UK issue, an international issue, because it is an issue of human rights. It’s an issue of international law, and it’s an issue of people’s inalienable rights that are not up for discussion.” He praised the British public for its support for Palestinians through public demonstrations and other actions, but bemoaned the lack of official recognition of Palestine’s struggle for statehood, adding that the UK government had missed “many opportunities” to do so. In January, Zomlot said the UK had suffered “reputational damage” in the Middle East for its stance on the war. He also described the UK’s opposition to genocide allegations raised by South Africa at the International Court of Justice as “a self-appointment as international judges” and “interference in the international judicial system.”