A growing numbers of lawmakers in Starmer's Labour Party have asking him to recognize a Palestinian state to put pressure on Israel.

The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday.

Rewarding Hamas’s monstrous terrorism.’ That was how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to Keir Starmer’s announcement that, unless certain conditions are met, the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood.