I call on the UK to seize this moment - join the world majority and recognise the state of Palestine | Husam Zomlot

Palestinian ambassador to the UK calls on the UK to recognise the state of Palestine .

UN conference on the two -state solution next week presents an immediate opportunity for UK to join the rest of the world to recognise Palestine .

Israel has entrenched one of the longest military occupations in modern history, one that seeks to control Palestinian life but to extinguish it.

Peace is not made between occupier and occupied; it can only exist between equals. This is a moment of historic consequence. It demands moral clarity and political courage. I urge the UK to rise to the moment and act now. - Husam Zomlot is the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom .