Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh welcomed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement that the United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza” and to reach a ceasefire.
Saudi Arabia also welcomed the UK’s announcement and renewed its call on the international community to take steps toward implementing resolutions that “affirm the inherent right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
Jordan echoed those sentiments, saying the UK’s announcement was a “step in the right direction” toward a two-state solution and ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
