On 12 November, Liberal Democrats MPs and peers took part in a briefing hosted by Baroness Northover with the Israeli Policy Working Group, a team of Israeli academics, journalists, political activists and former diplomats who advocate for peace between Israel and Palestine based on the two-state solution.

The discussion centred on the need for the UK to use its influence with international partners to encourage wider recognition of Palestine; to ensure that recognition is followed by meaningful steps to stop the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank; and to press urgently for the release of prisoner Marwan Barghouti, widely recognised as the most popular Palestinian leader and a figure capable of uniting fractions behind a just political solution.