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UK to recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel accepts ceasefire
Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting
Keir Starmer’s cabinet has agreed to support a roadmap for peace in the region after coming under intense domestic pressure over the mounting humanitarian crisis in the territory, and internal calls to follow France in acknowledging Palestinian statehood. He said the UK would recognise the state of Palestine in September, before the UN general assembly, unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process. The Guardian revealed last week that Starmer was under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grew over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza.
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