The UK Parliament Thursday called on the UK government to recognize the State of Palestine and reiterated rejection of Israel’s illegal annexation move, reported Palestinian news agency WAFA.

During an extraordinary session attended by Palestinian ambassador to London Husam Zomlot, the parliament called on the government to immediately recognize the State of Palestine on the basis of 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the shared capital, and to pressurize Israel into pulling back from its move to annex large swaths of the West Bank.

In a phone interview with WAFA, Zomlot said the parliament’s session sends a clear message that the public opinion in the UK supports the Palestinian question and the Palestinian people’s rights, in line with international law.

He urged the UK government to act seriously through recognition of Palestine, imposing sanctions on the Israeli occupation for violating international law, holding the UK-based companies involved with illegal Israeli colonial settlements to account, and pressurizing Israel to halt the annexation move, which constitutes a stumbling block in the way of achieving regional peace.