PALESTINIAN recognition is not the final destination for the state, Dr Husam Zomlot told the SNP conference today.

The head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK thanked members of the party, the Scottish government and Scots generally for their support during the conflict in Gaza over the past two years.

Dr Zomlot — who will become the country’s ambassador to Britain upon recognition — said achieving Palestinian statehood is not the end of the journey.

“You see what is happening worldwide — some may now ask ‘but the genocide has ended, the guns are now silent, isn’t the work done?’” he said.

“No, my friends, it is not, because our struggle has never been only about stopping the bombs.

“It is about ensuring the genocide never, ever happens again.

“It is about ending the occupation, it is about freedom, it is about the future of our children, and yours, it is about peace.

“So my friends, the UK’s historic recognition of the state of Palestine is not the destination, it is only the beginning.”