Dozens of former UK diplomats urge Starmer to recognise Palestinian state

Letter adds to pressure on prime minister as archbishop of York condemns violence in Gaza as ‘depraved’ and ‘barbaric’Dozens of former UK ambassadors and diplomats have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to recognise a Palestinian state amid growing international revulsion at the harrowing scenes in Gaza.Their letter to the prime minister came as the archbishop of York condemned the dehumanisation of people in Gaza as “depraved” and “barbaric”. It was “a stain on the conscience of the international community”, and Israel’s “war of aggression” was a “grave sin”, said Stephen Cottrell, the de facto leader of the Church of England. Continue reading...

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