The announcement follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent statement that the UK would recognise Palestine if Israel fails to meet four conditions, including an immediate ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned it as “appeasement towards jihadist terrorists,” warning, “A jihadist state on Israel’s border today will threaten Britain tomorrow. On July 24, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognise Palestine in September, becoming the first G7 country and permanent member of the UN Security Council to do so. Additionally, Britain is contributing to a broader governance and security plan for Gaza, alongside international partners. Britain is ready to play its full and historic part.”[Photo: Foreign Secretary David Lammy at the United Nations Two-State Solution Conference.