There are criticisms of the conditionality that Starmer has attached to Palestine recognition from all sides /1
There are criticisms of the conditionality that Starmer has attached to Palestine recognition from all sides /1
There's this, eg, from the Britain Palestine Project: "Palestinian rights are not – and can never be – made conditional on Israeli good behaviour. The government is treating a moral obligation as a bargaining chip" /2 mailchi.mp/britainpales...
And this from UK hostage families on the conditionality risking the lives of the remaining hostages in Gaza: "the risk is that Hamas will continue to refuse to a ceasefire because if it agrees to one this would make U.K. recognition less likely" /3 www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-w...
Meanwhile, the two-state solution conference in New York this week "condemned the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which triggered the conflict in Gaza, and said the Palestinian militant group must hand over its weapons to the West Bank-based PA" /4 www.yahoo.com/news/article...