LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned Israel with his strongest comments yet, as pressure mounts within and outside the government for Britain to formally recognize a Palestinian state. Starmer’s remarks came after French President Emmanuel Macron said his country would recognize a Palestinian state, and as the two leaders, along with Germany’s Friedrich Merz, were set to hold an emergency call on the issue. “The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.

The prime minister has used his strongest language yet in condemning the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and edged closer to recognising a Palestinian state

Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will take the step at the UN General Assembly in September - drawing fury from the US and Israel.