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Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith warns that recognising a Palestinian state without conditions or the release of hostages could empower Hamas rather than serve the interests of Palestinians.
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00:00It's important that the UK government, which has a strong voice in these matters, uses that voice wisely.
00:05I don't think the preemptory recognition of a Palestine state without conditions, without the release of the hostage,
00:13and potentially playing into the hands of Hamas, which is a terrorist organisation,
00:18rather than representing the real interests of the Palestinian people, is necessarily a wise course.

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