The Prime Minister said the “moment has now arrived” and insisted the move was the only way of achieving peace and a two-state solution in the Middle East.
The British government is braced for a negative response from Israel, The i Paper understands, including the prospect of further settlements in the West Bank.
The controversial E1 settler project, which would bisect the West Bank and cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the Palestinian territory, was a crucial factor in the Prime Minister’s decision to push ahead with plans for recognition.
The UK recognition was announced as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heading to Washington for talks with Donald Trump (Photo: Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP, File)
But the UK government believes that Israel’s “window” closed when it launched its ground assault on Gaza City and approved the E1 project.
Starmer said his announcement was a “pledge to the Palestinian and Israeli people that there can be a better future”.
She added: “The people of Israel aren’t going to commit suicide because of the political needs of European politics.”
In a post on X it said: “Hamas leaders themselves openly admit: this recognition is a direct outcome, the ‘fruit’ for the October 7 massacre. Don’t let Jihadist ideology dictate your policy.”
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK, a group representing relatives of captives with British ties, said in a statement: “Instead of confronting Hamas, Britain has emboldened it. Hamas has already celebrated the UK’s move as a victory, while continuing to block ceasefire deals and humanitarian access.”
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is to write to her Palestinian counterpart to lay out the process to establish full diplomatic relations – meaning that at some point, after the war in Gaza is over, Britain plans to send an ambassador to Palestine.
In a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Starmer said: “I am conscious of the historical role that the United Kingdom has played in the Middle East. In 1917, Britain supported the principle of a national home for the Jewish people, noting that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities.
“The United Kingdom looks forward to a new era of friendship and cooperation between the British and Palestinian peoples.”
But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said the move was “absolutely disastrous”, adding: “We will all rue the day this decision was made. Rewarding terrorism with no conditions whatsoever put in place for Hamas.
“It is because Labour cannot fix the big problems in our society that they focus on discredited student union campaigns to appease the hard left.”
“This is a reward for the Hamas terrorists and will do nothing to bring about peace.”
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