Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Britain is prepared to join France in formally recognising a Palestinian state in September, in the face of mounting pressure from his cabinet and backbenchers.
The prime minister said that the UK could recognise Palestine as soon as the UN general assembly in September, unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”.
Starmer discussed the plans with President Trump on Monday in response to concerns that Gaza is on the brink of a “humanitarian catastrophe”, experiencing mass starvation.
