The UK is expected to identify a Palestinian state on Sunday after Israel failed to meet the conditions set by Keir Starmer in July.
The Prime Minister has to make the announcement after ending the humanitarian situation that has worsened over the past few weeks. The move came across the pressure from the US and the families of Hamas -held hostages.
Starmer said in July that he would meet Palestine before the gathering of world leaders at the UN General Assembly next week if the situation did not improve.
In conjunction with the ongoing military and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the UK government has been alarmed by plans to accelerate Israeli’s repairs to the West Bank whose fear of ministers will end any hope of a solution to the two states.
Labor sought to emphasize that recognizing a Palestinian state was not a reward for Hamas, and emphasized that it had no role in the future Gaza management. It is hoped that the government will take up penalties in Hamas on the fixed course, and it will step down requests for the release of hostages.
David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister who represents the UK in the General Assembly, said: “It is important to say that recognizing a Palestinian state, this is a result of the serious expansion we see in the West Bank, the settler violence we see in the West Bank and the desire and indications we see, for example, the development of E1 that will run a coach and a horse-state solution.
Israel stabbed the offensive in Gaza City, along with strikes that health officials said on Saturday to kill at least 14 people overnight. Later in Israel, thousands of demonstrators joined the families of hostages still held by Hamas to ask that Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, settled down at the end of the war.
High levels of meeting at the UN Summit involving world leaders start at 23 September. Starmer found himself at the odds of Donald Trump’s administration on the move, opposed to providing official state recognition.
The Labor leader has suggested that British recognition is a condition and will prevent if Israel is focused on a ceasefire and long-term sustainable peace that delivers a two-state solution, and allow the UN to restart the supply of assistance.
All three conditions are however not likely to meet the Israeli government that opposed these words. The state of Palestine is currently recognized by 147 of the UN member states in 193.
Family members of some of the 48 hostages still in captivity have written an open letter to judge the Starmer’s move.
The letter said: “Your regretful announcement of the UK’s intent to identify a Palestinian state with the United Nations General Assembly is noticeably complicated efforts to bring our loved ones home.
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“Hamas has already celebrated the UK’s decision as a success and has turned away from a stop -stop deal. We write you a simple plea – don’t take this step until our loved ones are at home and in our arms.”
Criticism also came from the opposition parties, along with the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Piti Patel, accusing Starmer of “Capitulate” on his backbenchers to coast his leadership.
Lammy added: “In connection with what’s going on in Gaza … we need to see the hostages. No place, no place for Hamas.
“The humanitarian situation was desperate and we continued to hit Israel to deal with the malnourishment and hunger scenes we see, to open more sites to get more help with Gaza, and we remember about the constant offensive in the city of Gaza.”
