The United Kingdom recognizes the Palestinian state unless Israel fulfills conditions

The United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantial measures to end the appalling situation in Gaza,” said Sir Keir Starmer.

The Prime Minister said that Israel was also to meet other conditions, in particular by accepting a cease-fire, engaging in long-term lasting peace which offers a solution to two states and allowing the United Nations to restart the supply of aid, where the United Kingdom would make the measure of the UN General Assembly in September.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this decision “rewards Hamas’ monstrous terrorism.”

The British government previously declared that recognition should arrive at a time when it can have a maximum impact, as part of a peace process.

However, the PM has undergone increasing pressure – including its own deputies – to act faster.

Last week, France also announced that it would officially recognize a Palestinian state in September – the first in group G7 in the richest countries in the world to do so.

By giving a press conference after held an emergency firm meeting, Sir Keir said he announced the plan now due to the “intolerable situation” in Gaza and believed that “the very possibility of a reduced two -state solution”.

He told journalists that the objective of the United Kingdom of “a secure Israel secure safely alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state” was “under pressure like never before”.

The PM added that its “main objective” was to improve the situation on the ground in Gaza, in particular by ensuring that the aid enters.

By describing the stages, the United Kingdom wanted the Israeli government to take, Sir Keir also said that it should indicate that there would be no annexation in the West Bank.

The current Israeli government is opposed to progression to a solution to two states, it is therefore very unlikely to accept the conditions.

Meanwhile, Sir Keir said that Hamas had to immediately release all hostages, register for a ceasefire, disarm and accept that they will not play any role in the Gaza government.

In response to the announcement, Netanyahu wrote on social networks: “A jihadist state on the border of Israel today will threaten Great Britain tomorrow.

“The appeasement towards jihadist terrorists is still fail. It will also fail you. It will not happen.”

When he was asked if he knew that the Prime Minister’s statement was going to arrive, Donald Trump said that the couple “had never discussed” at their meeting on Monday when the American president was in Scotland.

He told journalists: “You could assert … that you reward Hamas if you do this. And I don’t think they should be rewarded.”

The United States – as well as many European nations – have declared that it would only recognize that a Palestinian State as part of the movements towards a long -term resolution of the conflict.

Liberal-democratic chief Sir Ed Davey praised the government’s announcement as “a crucial stage”, but immediately urged the PM to immediately recognize a Palestinian state and to continue “a much greater action to stop the humanitarian disaster in Gaza”.

He added: “Rather than using recognition, which should have occurred several months ago, as a negotiation currency, the Prime Minister should exert pressure on Israel by fully ceasing sales of arms and implementing sanctions against the Israeli cabinet.”

Some 255 deputies have signed a letter calling on the government to immediately recognize a Palestinian state – including more than half of the work deputies.

Labor MP Sarah Champion, who coordinated the letter, said that she was “delighted and relieved” of the announcement.

“This will exert political pressure on Israel and clearly indicate what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank is completely unacceptable,” she said.

“However, I am disturbed that our recognition seems conditional to the actions of Israel.

“Israel is the occupant, and recognition concerns the self -determination of the Palestinian people. The two should be separated.”

Conservatives and reforms in the United Kingdom said it was not the right time to measure, arguing that it would reward Hamas for their attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

The conservative chief Kemi Badenoch said that the recognition of a Palestinian state “will not bring the hostages to the house, do not end the war and will not have aid to Gaza”.

“This is the political posture at its worst,” she added.

The announcement comes after an appeal between Sir Keir and the leaders of France and Germany during the weekend, when Downing Street said that plans for a sustainable road to a two-state solution were discussed.

However, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that his government did not intend to recognize a Palestinian state in the near future, suggesting that this could be “one of the last stages on the path of the realization of a two -state solution”.

Most countries – around 139 in all – officially recognize a Palestinian state.

Spain, Ireland and Norway took precedence last year, hoping to exert diplomatic pressure to ensure a cease-fire in Gaza.

Palestinian representatives currently have limited rights to participate in the United Nations activity, and the territory is also recognized by various international organizations, including the Arab League.

The skeptics argue that recognition is largely a symbolic gesture unless questions about leadership and the extent of a Palestinian state are first discussed.

While Sir Keir announced, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Lammy, addressed a United Nations Conference in New York, aimed at advancing a two -state solution to the conflict.

Lammy told journalists that the United Kingdom had worked with Jordan to see 20 tonnes of Gaza aid in recent days, as he also asked that aid trucks be allowed to enter on the ground.

The United Nations agencies described the situation in Gaza as an “artificial mass famine”, accusing the humanitarian crisis on Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies in the territory.

Israel insisted that there are no restrictions on aid deliveries and that there is “no famine”.