UK recognises Рalestine as an independent state

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/21/uk-recognises-palestine-as-an-independent-state

by Misztral

34 comments

  1. Get ready for flood of bad faith zio-bot arguments as to why we must absolutely not recognize palestinians for some reason

  2. This is going to fall apart so quickly.
    The palestinians are not going to recognise this recognition or any of the preconditions.

  3. Just waiting for the wave of whataboutism and other logical fallacies from the usual crowd who only comment on one subject!

  4. UK?

    dont they arrest pro-palestine protesters there?

  5. It looks like Anglosphere is sending a message to Trump and US . Can UK Aus all have recognised palestine.

  7. Thanks to our friends from across the channel for going in first and attracting all the israelo fascists bots for themselves 🙌

  8. A long-overdue affirmation of a people’s right to exist and to determine their own future. Two Commonwealth realms, Canada and Australia, have done the same today.

  10. **Keir Starmer’s announcement comes seven decades after end of British mandate in Palestine and creation of state of Israel**

    The UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state, Keir Starmer has announced.

    The deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after the end of the British mandate in Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel.

    Canada and Australia on Sunday also made their own formal declarations recognising Palestine before a conference of the UN general assembly in New York.

    The UK prime minister said: “The hope of a two-state solution is fading but we cannot let that light go out … Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution, I state clearly, as prime minister of this great country, that the UK formally recognises the state of Palestine.”

    He added: “In the face of the growing horrors in the Middle East we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and a two-state solution. That means a safe and secure Israel, alongside a viable Palestinian state. At the moment we have neither.”

    London sees the step as a lever to push for a lasting settlement to end the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine. Under that envisioned deal, a reformed and elected Palestinian government, stripped of Hamas influence, would operate alongside Israel.

    The move is not being portrayed as a punishment of Israel, but it is unlikely the step would have been taken if the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had conducted the military campaign in Gaza with less ferocity and greater regard for international law.

    Speaking shortly before the announcement, a spokesperson for Netanyahu said he viewed the recognition as “absurd and simply a reward for terrorism”.

    In an attempt to address criticisms of the move from the US and Israel, Starmer insisted that recognition was not a reward for Hamas, and the UK would introduce further sanctions against senior figures in the militant group in coming weeks.

    He said: “Let’s be frank, Hamas is a brutal terror organisation. Our call for a genuine two-state solution is the exact opposite of their hateful vision. So we are clear, this solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means Hamas can have no future, no role in government, no role in security.”

    Calling on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, Starmer added: “The man-made humanitarian crisis in Gaza reaches new depths. The Israeli government’s relentless and increasing bombardment of Gaza, the offensive of recent weeks, the starvation and devastation are utterly intolerable. Tens of thousands have been killed, including thousands as they tried to collect food and water. This death and destruction horrifies all of us. It must end.”

    Starmer [announced in July](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/uk-to-recognise-state-of-palestine-in-september-unless-israel-holds-to-a-ceasefire) that the UK would recognise Palestine by the time of the UN general assembly, which begins next week, unless Israel abided by a ceasefire and committed to a two-state solution in the Middle East.

  11. I can’t believe these people were elected and say such rubbish. Asking a pack of wild dogs to behave and Then will be surprised when they start infighting for who gets control.

  12. So who does the UK recognize as its leader?

    Like if there is not a recognized president or PM of Palistine this is a meaningless feel good act. I went through the story and could not find the names of any Palestinians.

    Where is Abass? If the UK does not like him ok who is the legitimate leader?

    Like imagine if there was a Palestine Embassy in the countries that recognized Palestine.

  13. The gesture is nice and all but unless they threaten to cut all ties especially trade ties and military ties with Israel then this is just a PR performance and doesn’t pressure Israel in anyway to stop their actions.

  17. Get ready for the compromised US government to throw a shitfit over this

  18. Maybe stupid question, but what’s the point exactly?

    I get that it’s about sending a message to Israel, and possibly the US, but how will this move tangibly help out Palestinians, or in other words, how will this stop Israel?

  22. What does it change on the ground? Nothing. Will anyone stop Israel? The amount of intelligence Israel provides to the West and Middle Eastern monarchs is too valuable to risk losing.

  25. Bare minimum and done far too late than it should’ve been done

  26. Let’s see how Netanyahu apologists use the 1290 Edict of Expulsion as a way to “prove” that the UK is an antisemitic country…

  27. Oh yeah? Who is the government of this state? 

  28. As an Arab, Ive seen these kinds of “recognitions” again and again and again. They achieve nothing. A month from now they will not have deterred the Israeli far right government one iota.

  29. Hmm will it change anything? I doubt. Beside Palestine declined 3 times becoming an independent state, why would they change their own mind only when UK recognises it?

  30. What does this mean in practice? I imagine Israel would be more than happy to have a Palestinian government in its pocket (with the recognition that the UK and others have been doing this sort of thing for centuries). What are the borders of this new State? Even the Palestinians can’t seem to agree on who is in power, and Hamas sure as hell isn’t going to just decide to leave the “government” in Gaza. Netanyahu and his masters (Ben Gvir, Smotrich) aren’t going to allow Gaza to be free in any meaningful sense of the word after 7 October, and the Palestinians aren’t likely to be happy with Israel existing at all (as they have shown for the last 80 years).

    It’s fantastic to say, “Whelp, you’re a country now.” That’s the easy part.

  31. Ugh okay. Hope the English are happy with Londonistan.

  32. I always found it odd that Britain created the outline for a two state solution, yet never recognised the other state for whatever reason.

  33. The americans trying to bully countries into not doing it is going to cause the opposite effect. The fuck do they think they are to impugn on actual free countries’s sovereignty.

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