Published by Iain Gilbert on 21st September 2025
(Sharecast News) - Sir Keir Starmer will say on Sunday that statehood is the "inalienable right of the Palestinian people" and the international community has a "moral responsibility to act" in an intervention that risks inflaming tensions with both the United States and Israel. The prime minister will formally recognise Palestine as a state after Israel failed to meet conditions he set in July that would have postponed the historic step. The long-trailed move by the British government has already sparked a furious backlash in the US and among the families of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. Formalising it is expected to exacerbate this, although it will be welcomed by numerous other nations that already recognise the territories. - The Times