During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK will recognize a state of Palestine unless the Israeli government agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that the United Kingdom will recognise the state of Palestine by September unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end its war on Gaza and commits to a lasting peace process.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the U.K. will recognise Palestine as a state in the United Nations meeting in September, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza and a path toward a permanent,