Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting
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The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine this September as a result of the “increasingly intolerable” situation on the ground in Gaza, unless Israel abides by a ceasefire and commits to a two-state solution for the Middle East.
Keir Starmer’s cabinet has agreed to support a roadmap for peace in the region after coming under intense domestic pressure over the mounting humanitarian crisis in the territory, and internal calls to follow France in acknowledging Palestinian statehood.
The prime minister recalled his cabinet from their summer break to approve the plan after he held talks with Donald Trump in Scotland on Monday. The US president said he did “not mind” the UK taking a position on the issue, even if he would not.
