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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tara Cobham and Bryony Gooch

What does recognising Palestine as a state actually mean?

Sir Keir Starmer has formally recognised a Palestinian state to “revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution” in the Middle East.

The prime minister previously said that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government must end its starvation tactics and allow the supply of aid into the embattled enclave ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, or else the UK would recognise Palestinian statehood.

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