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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.

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

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

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

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’.