United Kingdom will join the list of European countries that They will recognize the state of Palestine if Israel does not access a high fire with Hamas in the coming weeks And its attacks against the Gazatí population do not cease before the month of September, when the UN General Assembly will be held.
This has been communicated by the British Prime Minister after the emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers. The top president of the country, Keir Starmer, already demanded this Monday to cease the “catastrophic situation in Gaza”, During his meeting with the US president, Donald Trump, and this Tuesday has supported that positioning before the entire world.
“United Kingdom will recognize the state of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly In September unless the Israeli government takes substantial measures To put an end to the terrible situation in Gaza, it agrees a high fire and commits to a long -term sustainable peace, reviving the perspective of a solution of two states, “Starmer said.
Thus, among the conditions required Decre yourself a fire with the Hamas terrorist organization and ensure that the West Bank will not be attached.
As noted by the British Prime Minister, this ultimatum includes the undeniable condition of “allowing the UN to resume the supply of aid and make it clear that there will be no annexations in the West Bank.” Along these lines, he said that “a broader peace plan should be taken to That we are starting with our international partners, “he said.
Also, Starmer has made reference to the daily images that arrive from the strip, and that he has assured that “we will stay all our lives”, and has urgently requested that they have to be seen “At least 500 trucks entering Gaza every day.” On the other hand, he also dedicated a few words to Hamas’s terrorists, whom he demanded to disarm, access a high fire and accept that Gaza cannot govern in the future.
With this pressure measure, the British government intends that Israel Your actions in the strip and the occupied West Bank are seriously rethinkand definitely give a step back in the war escalation in the region, which leaves more than 60,000 deaths only in the Gaza Strip. Therefore, they ask Israel to commit to a long -term peace process and that a solution of two states is achieved.
This announcement by the British government occurs after the UN General Assembly. As the president of the French Republic argued, this It is due to the “historical commitment (of France) with a fair and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
In the event that the United Kingdom made the decision to recognize Palestine, it will join several Western countries that have already done so. In addition to France -in September-, Spain, Ireland or Norway are -who did this year -already Sweden, who did it in 2014. In total, in the world there are already 148 countries that recognize the sovereignty of Palestine as a country.
