More than 100 years after Balfour’s statement supported “the Palestine establishment of a national home for the Jewish people”, and 77 years after the creation of Israel in the British mandate of Palestine, the United Kingdom will formally recognize the State.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to make the announcement on Sunday, two days before the start of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where Palestinian sovereignty after decades of occupation and apartheid for Israel will be focused.
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The measure occurs after the United Kingdom Government said in July that it would change its long -standing approach or to stop recognition up to an alleged moment of maximum impact, unless Israel stops its genocidal war in Gaza, undertakes to a long -term solution from Almain to the soul, it helps orinally in the enclave.
But the catastrophic situation in Gaza has only become significantly more serious in recent weeks, since the Israeli army continues to systematic to the city of Gaza to dimension it, while continuing hunger and displacing the famine-trickkenken.
The daily raids of Israeli soldiers and the attacks of the settlers are also in the occupied West Bank, with Israel advancing plans to annex the Palestinian territory and “bury” the idea of a state of Palestin with him with him.
The Israeli government has criticized the allies of the United Kingdom, as well as more than 75 percent of the UN Member States that formally recognize Palestinian sovereignty, claiming that their position “rewards terrorism.”
The conservative leader KEMI Badenoch said she wants to see a solution of two states in the region, but said she wants to move at the closure of Israel and the United States, her military, financial and political sponsor of Ironclad.
“It is obvious, and the United States’s leg has been clear about this, that the recognition of a Palestinian state at this time and without the launch of hostages, would be a reward for terrorism,” he wrote on Telegraph about the weekend.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his disagreement with the duration of the recognition of a state visit to the United Kingdom last week and a meeting with Starmer.
Some of the family members of the Israeli captives held in Gaza also launched into the United Kingdom government for the decision, urging the prime minister in an open letter on Saturday not to take the step until the 48 captives, about 20 or that they are believed to be alive.
The announcement had “dramatically complicated efforts to bring home to our loved ones,” they wrote, and added that it is a “victory” for Hamas.
In a meeting in London earlier this month, President Starmer and the Palestinian authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas emphasized that Hamas should not take place in the future leadership of Palestine. Israel has said that it will prevent both AP and Hamas from having some future leadership role.
The United Kingdom government is also considering more steps to sanction Hamas in the coming weeks, according to the British media. The group has been formally considered a “terrorist” organization in the United Kingdom and in much of the West.
The government has continued to put together and financing Israel during the two -year war, even when an increasing number of credible international organizations and investigations, including a UN investigation, confirmed that the genocide is being carried out in Gaza.
More powers in the world recognize Palestine
The announcement of the United Kingdom means that 148 of the 193 Member States of the UN recognize the Palestinian status, and more will join soon.
Portugal prepares to make a formal announcement, just like France. They join Spain, Ireland, Norway and others among the last ones that have moved to the light of the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians so far.
After the movements of the United Kingdom and France are completed, the United States will be left as a permanent member of the UN security counter who refuses to collect Palestinian sovereignty.
Germany has also resisted making the movement, arguing that the required conditions are not at this time.
On Monday, France and Saudi Arabia will jointly organize a one -day summit in New York at the UN on advancing a solution of two states for Israel and Palestine.
At least in the short term, the movement to recognize a Palestinian State will be largely symbolic since every Palestinian territory is currently under a mortal military occupation by Israel, which continues to emphasize the right to “defend” su.
