Palestine–United Kingdom relations

The United Kingdom formally recognised the State of Palestine as an independent sovereign state in September 2025. The UK has a non-accredited Consulate General in Jerusalem that "represents the UK government in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza", and works on "political, commercial, security and economic interests between the UK and the Palestinian territories". Husam Zomlot became head of the Palestine Mission to the United Kingdom in 2018. Palestine was represented in London by Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian General Delegate to the United Kingdom between 2005 and 2018. Another former Palestinian General Delegate to the UK was Afif Safieh, who began in that role in 1990. As of September 2025, the UK Prime Minister has appointed a special envoy on Palestinian economic issues; Michael Barber currently serves in this role.

The UK House of Commons voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state in 2014, as a contribution towards achieving a negotiated two-state solution. However, the UK government continued its policy of reserving the right to recognise Palestine bilaterally at a more opportune time for peace efforts, until it eventually recognised Palestine on 21 September 2025. Palestine inaugurated its embassy in London on 5 January 2026.