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Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Starmer defends Palestine recognition plan but hits out at Hamas

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Milton Keynes Central Library in Buckinghamshire (Christopher Furlong/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister said there was a “sense of revulsion” about the suffering in Gaza as he defended his plan to potentially recognise a Palestinian state.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to meet certain conditions, including addressing the humanitarian crisis, implementing a ceasefire and reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.

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