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Heidi Alexander said the announcement is ‘about the Palestinian people’.

COMMENT: The natural reaction of the British public to the scenes of starvation and death in Gaza is to call on politicians to do something – Emily Thornberry, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, says Keir Starmer must follow France and formally recognise Palestinian statehood

The UK’s actions over the ongoing conflict and ‘in the years preceding, have often been too little, too late’, the Foreign Affairs Committee has said.

ISRAEL is not listening to the UK and ministers should “immediately” recognise the state of Palestine, a cross-party committee of MPs has said..

The Foreign Affairs Committee has called for ‘further sanctions against settlers’

Hard hitting report has also fuelled deep divisions within the Labour Party over Middle East policy

Emily Thornberry says recognition is vital step towards peace and without long-term solution war in Gaza will continue

Top British diplomat David Lammy says the US-backed aid distribution mechanism in Gaza is ‘not doing a good job’.

UK foreign secretary wants Iran to return to negotiating table but refuses to endorse strikes by US and Israel

Sir Sadiq, a second-generation immigrant, said he was delighted to receive a knighthood with his family in attendance