Keir Starmer Says U.K. Will Recognize Palestinian State Unless Israel Agree

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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

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Two leading Israeli human rights groups said on Monday that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Their announcement was the first time major Israeli rights groups have publicly concluded that the Gaza war is a genocide. Read more: https://nyti.ms/3J4IfyE

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There shouldn't even be a question. Recognize Palestine already.

And then provide humanitarian AND military assistance. Send food AND effective weapons so that Palestine can defend itself from the aggressor state next door.

#1 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-07-30 05:34 AM

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt sign joint statement calling for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza.

US has approved Israeli plan to annex parts of Gaza.

"One thing is clear: the plan forward has to bring about security, dignity, and rights for Israelis and Palestinians alike. Without that, the cycle of violence will only continue."

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-07-30 08:43 AM

"security, dignity, and rights for Israelis and Palestinians alike."

Sure.
Right... just not equal rights.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-30 08:45 AM

Recognizing the Palestinian state should have been done decades ago because it's the right thing to do. Threatening to allow a people their right to exist only as a punishment to Israel is barbaric.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2025-07-30 09:35 AM

Got it, so the reward for killing 1200 civilians and keeping many hostages, many of which who died under their watch, is to give them what they want. I mean, I completely understand France doing it since it tracks in their history to just give up but not most other countries.

The liberal mentality of giving up just doesn't sit right with me, especially when it concerns bullies regardless of their size or capabilities.

#5 | Posted by humtake at 2025-07-30 11:31 AM

so the reward for killing 1200 civilians and keeping many hostages, many of which who died under their watch, is to give them what they want.

#5 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

The point is to stop a few hundred thousand children from starving to death.

Or do you want them dead?

You may as well be honest. This is a day when the Trump fans of human torture are making themselves known today.

You're going to fit right in.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 11:35 AM

The liberal mentality of giving up just doesn't sit right with me, especially when it concerns bullies regardless of their size or capabilities.

#5 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

The point is to stop a few hundred thousand children from starving to death.

You're just another god-damned freak.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 11:36 AM

POSTED BY HUMTAKE

You people are so damned nasty.

I think you're spoiled. Nothing sufficiently bad has ever happened to you; so you don't see the point of compassion or mercy.

Go to church? Please tell me you don't.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-30 11:39 AM

so the reward for killing 1200 civilians and keeping many hostages, many of which who died under their watch, is to give them what they want.
#5 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

What were Zionists rewarded with when they blew up the King David Hotel?

They got what they wanted.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-30 03:21 PM

War is the enemy, not each other. I find it strange how often that sentence is attacked when I apply it to wars of aggression like Putin's upon Ukraine, or Netanyahu's upon the Occupied Territories. I think the rule of law, in reality, is not supported by those who run things from the shadows, overseas and certainly here in the US.

#10 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-07-31 08:07 AM

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