{"id":280308,"date":"2025-09-21T21:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/our-south-africa-moment-head-of-palestinian-mission-to-uk-reacts-to-statehood-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:05:37","slug":"our-south-africa-moment-head-of-palestinian-mission-to-uk-reacts-to-statehood-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/our-south-africa-moment-head-of-palestinian-mission-to-uk-reacts-to-statehood-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Our South Africa moment&#8217; &#8211; Head of Palestinian mission to UK reacts to statehood | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cuZWA-trj1g\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Our South Africa moment' - Head of Palestinian mission to UK reacts to statehood | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cuZWA-trj1g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian diplomatic mission in London marked the United Kingdom&#8217;s formal recognition of the state of Palestine, announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Husam Zomlot, the head of the mission, compared the development to the United States&#8217; taking a position on South African apartheid. In 1986, US Congress passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, overturning President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s appeasement approach toward the South African government. 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