British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that his country would recognize the state of Palestine in September, unless Israel was taking a series of commitments, including that of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
I can confirm that the United Kingdom will recognize the state of Palestine by the United Nations General Assembly in September, unless the Israeli government takes on important measures to end the appalling situation in Gaza, that it is suitable for a cease-fire and that it engages in a lasting and long-term peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution
said the Labor Manager.
He also asks Israel to Allow the United Nations to resume the supply of aid and to commit to the fact that there are no annexions in the West Bank
.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in stride dismiss
London’s announcement, qualifying The British government’s position change
of Reward for Hamas
.
At the same time, Downing Street said that he had dumped humanitarian aid on the Gaza Strip, threatened with famine
according to the UN.
The pressure has intensified in recent days on the British leader, after the announcement of Emmanuel Macron on Thursday according to which France was going to recognize a Palestinian state during the general assembly of theHim In September, becoming the first G7 country to do so.
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid in the north of the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025.
Photo : Reuters / Mahmoud Issa
I have always said that we would recognize a Palestinian state as a contribution to a real peace process, when it would have the most impact for a two -state solution. Now that this solution is threatened, it’s time to act
continued Keir Starmer after a meeting of his government, which he had recalled urgently on Tuesday.
He demands from Hamas the release of the remaining hostages – 27 of the 49 were declared dead by the Israeli army – as the total demilitarization of this movement, so that he Don’t play any key role
In the Gaza Strip.
The day before, the American president, Donald Trump, had abstained from any criticism about a possible recognition, at a press conference in his Turnberry golf complex in Scotland.
When journalists had asked him if Keir Starmer should give in to the growing pressure of British deputies and recognize the state of Palestine like France, Donald Trump had simply declared: I’m not going to take a stand, I don’t mind that him [Keir Starmer] do it.
According to the count and verifications of theAFPat least 142 of the 193 member states of theHimwhose France recognize the Palestinian state proclaimed by the Palestinian management in exile in 1988.
Israeli tanks deployed near the border with the Gaza Strip on July 8, 2025.
Photo : Getty Images / JACK GUEZ / AFP
More than a third of British deputies had urged Mr. Starmer to follow suit to Mr. Macron in a letter published on Friday.
The question is not to know “if” the Palestinian state will be recognized, but “when”
had a spokesperson for Downing Street on Tuesday, a few hours before this announcement, adding that the Prime Minister was looking for a way sustainable to a two -state solution
.
During his state visit to the United Kingdom on July 10, Emmanuel Macron called Keir Starmer to join France for a common recognition of Palestine, stressing the need to unite our voices in Paris, London and everywhere else
before resolving yourself to make a solo announcement fifteen days later.
Ensemble […] We stop the infinite cycle of violence and reopens the prospect of peace
In the region, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, shortly after the announcement of Keir Starmer.
Bombing of a ruined area in Gaza on July 17.
Photo : Getty Images / AFP / JACK GUEZ
Labor, returned to power in the United Kingdom a year ago after his victory in the legislative elections, had embarked on his campaign program in Recognize a Palestinian State as a contribution to a renewed peace process leading to a two -state solution
.
In May 2024, Ireland, Spain and Norway, joined a month later by Slovenia, had already taken the plunge in Europe.
Some 2.4 million Palestinians have been besieged in Gaza by Israel since the start of the war, triggered by an attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil.
An international hunger monitoring body supported by theHim said on Tuesday that the Worse scenario of famine is underway in Gaza
and Israel is the subject of increasing pressure on a global scale to put an end to these suffering.