Some ‘experts’ have said a 2-trillion-pound payment would be ‘a good place to start,’ the Daily Mail reported
Well, UK recognizing “Palestinian State” is working out just great. Will France, Canada & Australia chip in too? They got what they wanted-did they want what they got?
Abbas Demands $2 Trillion in Reparations From UK https://t.co/S2lHElyrZ0— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 22, 2025
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is reportedly demanding that the United Kingdom pay it reparations, which could be worth up to trillions of dollars, after U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer on Sunday formally recognized a Palestinian state.
“Abbas, who has a long history of threatening to sue Britain, is demanding ‘reparations in accordance with international law’ based on the value of the land which was under British rule between 1917 and 1948,” the Daily Mail reported, noting that the payments would be “compensation for land ‘taken from the Palestinian people’ when Britain relinquished control of the region after the Second World War.”
The Daily Mail‘s report says that “some international law experts” have said that reparations worth two trillion British pounds, “roughly the size of Britain’s total economy,” are “a good place to start.”
“Recognition isn’t an award, punishment, gift or favour: It’s the 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 birthright of Palestinians. Denying it is what led us here.”
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK @hzomlot rubbishes claims UK recognition is a “gift to Hamas.” @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall pic.twitter.com/v6hcXVI4fQ
— The News Agents (@TheNewsAgents) August 5, 2025