Speaking to Sky News, Lammy explained that the potential move to recognize the state stems from the British government's desire to preserve the chances of a two-state solution, noting that Prime Minister Keir Starmer will decide on his position on recognizing a Palestinian state later today.
Recently, several countries announced their readiness to recognize the State of Palestine, including Malta, Britain, Luxembourg, France, Australia, and Armenia, in a move that reflects growing international support for Palestinian rights and efforts to establish their independent state.
Of the 193 member states of the international organization, at least 149 recognize the State of Palestine, which was declared by the late President Yasser Arafat in Algeria in 1988.
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Between July 28 and 30, a two-state solution conference was held in New York, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, with high-level participation and the presence of Palestine, but absent from the United States, to support the process of international recognition of the Palestinian state.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has waged a war on the Gaza Strip that international human rights organizations have described as "genocide." The war has resulted in the deaths of 65,174 Palestinians and the injury of 166,071 others, most of them children and women. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and 440 people have died from famine, including 147 children.
