Some Labour MPs have called on the government to create a bespoke refugee scheme for Palestinians
By Lorin Bell-Cross
The government’s move to recognise a Palestinian state could hurt the captives, their representatives say
By Jake Wallis Simons
The prime minister appeared to back Israel after October 7, then buckled under pressure from backbenchers until it got to the point where he’s being literally congratulated by Hamas
Both the Board of Deputies and the JLC urged the prime minister to refrain from recognition as long as Hamas holds captives in Gaza
Forty members of the House of Lords, including some of the UK’s leading legal minds, have suggested the move may violate a 1933 treaty setting out the conditions for nationhood
By Jacob Jaffa
Some Labour insiders have slammed the decision as ‘not morally defensible’
Lawyers representing British hostage relatives and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum have both issued statements also condemning the government’s announcement
By Daniel Ben-David
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Phil Rosenberg also called far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich ‘stains on Zionist project’ during an emergency meeting held after the UK government announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood
By Jane Prinsley
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By The JC Leader
It is hard to imagine a more self-defeating foreign policy move. Promising statehood unless a ceasefire is reached all but guarantees that Hamas will keep rejecting the very truce Britain says it wants
Reform UK accuse the prime minister of handing a ‘propaganda victory’ to Hamas
The two leaders met at Trump’s golf course in Scotland, where the Prime Minister described the humanitarian situation in the Strip as ‘appalling’
The US and Israel have condemned President Macron’s announcement that Paris will recognise Palestine in September
The prime has been under pressure from within Labour to take a more critical stance against Israel
Meanwhile, during a grilling by MPs, the prime minister said the UK would recognise a Palestinian state ‘as a contribution to the peace process’
The prime minister also called on Israel to open ‘full and transparent’ investigations into reports of civilian deaths
French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for both countries to recognise a Palestinian state