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Foreign Affairs

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(127,542 posts) Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:22 PM Jul 29

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees ceasefire, ends Gaza suffering

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday.

Starmer, who is under mounting domestic pressure over the issue as scenes of hunger in Gaza horrify many Britons, convened a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation there. It came after he discussed the crisis with President Donald Trump during a meeting in Scotland on Monday.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he didn’t mind Starmer “taking a position” on Palestinian statehood. On his flight back to the U.S. on Tuesday, Trump said the two never discussed the U.K. potentially recognizing a Palestinian state.

“We have no view on that,” Trump said.

https://apnews.com/article/starmer-recognize-palestinian-state-israel-peace-a08e929a9459e9160992f84dc73b6638

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Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees ceasefire, ends Gaza suffering (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 29 OP

Either you recognize or you don't..why is it conditional? Deuxcents Jul 29 #1

This seems like an important bit Mosby Jul 29 #2

That will be overlooked but I wonder sarisataka Jul 29 #3

Deuxcents

(23,643 posts)

1. Either you recognize or you don't..why is it conditional?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:27 PM

Jul 29

TSF says we have no view on that issue but we continue to support Bibi and send war weapons and hold out on food and medical aid. It’s an unspoken view that speaks loud n clear

Mosby

(18,914 posts)

2. This seems like an important bit

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:29 PM

Jul 29

Starmer also repeated U.K. demands that Hamas release all the hostages it holds, agree to a ceasefire, disarm and “accept that they will play no part in the government of Gaza.”

sarisataka

(21,930 posts)

3. That will be overlooked but I wonder

Reply to Mosby (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:36 PM

Jul 29

Who will they recognize as the government of Palestine? It seems an empty statement if Hamas does not release the hostages and is left as the defacto rulers of a Palestinian state

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