UK Formally Recognizes Palestine as Independent State in Diplomatic Move
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The UK, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has formally recognized Palestine as an independent state, marking a significant diplomatic move seven decades after the end of the British mandate in Palestine and the creation of Israel. This symbolic recognition, announced alongside similar declarations from Canada and Australia at a UN General Assembly conference, aims to revive hope for a two-state solution and peace in the region. Starmer emphasized the fading hope of a two-state solution but stressed the importance of keeping that hope alive through this recognition.
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Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution, I state clearly, as prime minister of this great
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
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