LONDON: The UK’s foreign secretary accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of allowing children to starve in Gaza as she explained Britain’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state. Speaking at a landmark UN conference co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and France, Yvette Cooper pointed to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza as a key reason why the UK had made the declaration. Britain is among at least 10 other Western nations to have recognized Palestine in recent days in response to Israel’s war in Gaza that has killed more than 65,000 people.