UK recognises state of Palestine to ‘keep alive’ the possibility of peace

By Pippa Crerar, Patrick Wintour and Peter Walker

The UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state, Keir Starmer has said, in a deeply symbolic announcement which the government hopes will show its commitment to peace in the region and ease domestic political tensions.

In a sign of the global concern over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Canada and Australia also made their own formal declarations recognising Palestine on Sunday ahead of a conference of the UN general assembly in New York.

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, immediately condemned the announcement – which the UK sees as a lever to push for a lasting settlement to end the illegal occupation of Palestine – calling it “absurd” and “a reward for terrorism”…

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