Starmer to talk Gaza and trade with Trump, as minister suggests UK recognition of Palestine will happen this parliament – UK politics live

PM to meet US president in Scotland as Jonathan Reynolds says it is a case of ‘when not if’ UK recognises Palestinian stateHere are more pictures from Turnberry this morning.When President Macron announced last week that France will officially recognise the state of Palestine in September, the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the decision. In a post on social media, he said:Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became.A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it. Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel.Palestinian recognition would be a reward for hostage-taking, for rape, for murder, for burning innocent people alive.No, I think that is not the right way to characterise it.We all recognise that both Israelis and Palestinians need a two-state solution, no matter how difficult that is. That requires a state to exist on both sides. Continue reading...

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