Starmer says Britain could hold off if Israel also clarifies it won't annex West Bank, take steps to two-state solution; Netanyahu decries move as 'reward for Hamas's monstrous terrorism'

"The State of Israel will not lower its waiver after the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7," Danon stressed. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, criticized the United Kingdom's threat to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would formally recognize a Palestinian state by the United Nations General Assembly in September if Israel does not stop its war in Gaza.