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Sadiq Khan Says UK 'Must Recognise State of Palestine'
PALESTINE, JUL 22 – Senior UK ministers press Labour leader Keir Starmer to act amid Gaza's worsening crisis and rising death toll, stressing recognition could open new peace talks, officials said.
- Earlier this week, the Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, urged the UK government to promptly recognise Palestine as a state amid the escalating crisis in Gaza.
- This demand followed escalating violence and starvation in Gaza after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that triggered the war and worsened humanitarian conditions.
- Supporting voices include Health Secretary Wes Streeting urging recognition while Palestine still exists, bishops condemning Israeli actions as depraved, and over 100 aid groups warning of starvation.
- More than a dozen Tory MPs and peers signed a letter asserting recognition affirms justice and rights, while the Foreign Secretary hinted at further sanctions if Israel resists ceasefire efforts.
- These calls and warnings imply growing UK political pressure to support Palestinian statehood and humanitarian relief amidst concerns over ethnic cleansing and ongoing conflict.
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Recognising the state of Palestine is now the only option for the UK
Call it pre-buttal. Even before the warning by 100 aid organisations of mass starvation spreading across Gaza, Israel’s government was largely dismissing it.The mainstream Times of Israel reported yesterday that while acknowledging a need “to stabilise the humanitarian situation”, a senior unnamed “security official” told journalists there was no famine, and that Hamas was cynically exploiting conditions in a propaganda tactic to apply pressure …
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