Sir Keir Starmer has declared that Britain will recognise Palestine in September unless Israel makes peace in Gaza.

President Trump warned Tuesday that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September if the Israeli government fails to meet certain conditions could reward Hamas and stressed that the US would not follow suit.

US President Donald Trump urged Keir Starmer to extract more oil from the North Sea and criticized UK taxes on fossil fuels in his latest attack on the prime minister’s policies during a five-day visit to Scotland.

Sir Keir Starmer’s threat to recognise Palestine if Israel does not end its war in Gaza and commit to a two-state solution carries profound symbolic weight.

There are important caveats. The prime minister said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless the Israeli government takes "substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza". There were three particular demands. That Israel:

El Reino Unido reconocerá un Estado palestino en septiembre, a menos que Israel acepte un alto el fuego en Gaza, permita que la ONU lleve ayuda y tome

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President Donald Trump praised U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer for taking a stronger stance on illegal immigration.