The power of recognition


People looking over a home in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood in central Gaza City after an Israeli bombing in June. Britain has said it would recognise a Palestinian state if Israel does not strike a ceasefire deal with Hamas by September. — Saher Alghorra/The New York Times

BRITAIN has said it will recognise a Palestinian state if Israel does not reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war by September.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s move followed France’s declaration last month that it too would officially acknowledge Palestinian statehood.

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