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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump backs Israel and rebukes Starmer over Palestinian state recognition

Man turns around at dinner table
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told Donald Trump he nominated him for the Nobel peace prize, using a visit to the White House on 7 July. Photograph: Al Drago/EPA

Donald Trump has doubled down on his backing for Israel after having appeared to give a green light to the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, to recognize a Palestinian state.

Amid signs of mounting opposition among his Maga base to Israel’s military operation in Gaza, Trump criticized Starmer’s plan to grant recognition as “rewarding Hamas” even after having not taken issue with it when the pair met in Scotland this week.

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