British Prime Minister Keir Starmer intends to announce the official recognition of Palestine as a state. This is reported by UNN with reference to Sky News.
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This is expected to happen on Sunday, several months after he emphasized that the government would take this step if Israel did not meet certain conditions.
At the same time, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically rejected his statement, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that "Starmer is excusing Hamas terrorism and punishing its victims."
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The UN General Assembly supported the decision to create a Palestinian state, despite Israel's opposition. 142 countries voted "for", 12 abstained, 10 "against", including Israel.
One of the countries that also recognized Palestine as a separate state was Portugal.
UNN also reported that in July, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognize Palestine as an independent state in September of this year at the UN General Assembly.