Partly symbolic move by up to 10 states comes amid fears Israel could respond by annexing parts of West Bank
A wave of Israel’s allies are announcing their recognition of the state of Palestine, as part of a wider manoeuvre designed to ostracise Hamas and challenge attempts by the Israeli government to erase the chance of a Palestinian homeland.
The UK, Canada and Australia formally declared their recognition of Palestinian statehood on Sunday in separate but coordinated statements. The move marks the first members of the G7 advanced economies to take the step.
Portugal announced its move late on Sunday too. Paulo Rangel, its foreign affairs minister, said: “The recognition of the state of Palestine is the realisation of a fundamental, constant, and fundamental line of Portuguese foreign policy.
The UK, Canada and Australia announced theirUN conference in New York. recognition ahead of a special Photograph: Toby Melville/PA
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UK warns Israel not to retaliate against Palestinian statehood push
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Watch: BBC speaks to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper about Britain's recognition of Palestinian statehood
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has warned Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank in retaliation for the UK's recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Cooper was speaking to the BBC before attending a conference on Monday at the UN in New York where France and other European states are due to make a similar announcement.
In what was a significant change in policy, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state on Sunday, along with Canada, Australia and Portugal.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the moves, saying they give "a huge reward to terrorism".
Asked by the BBC if she was concerned Israel would take this declaration as a pretext for annexing parts of the West Bank, Cooper said she had made it clear to her Israeli counterpart that he and his government must not do that.
She said: "We have been clear that this decision that we are taking is about the best way to respect the security for Israel as well as the security for Palestinians.
"It's about protecting peace and justice and crucially security for the Middle East and we will continue to work with everyone across the region in order to be able to do that."
Cooper said extremists on both sides were seeking to abandon any prospect of a two-state solution, which the UK had a moral obligation to revive.
"The easy thing to do would be to just walk away and to say well it is all just too hard," Cooper said. "We just think that is wrong when we've seen such devastation, such suffering.
"Just as we recognise Israel, the state of Israel … so we must also recognise the rights for the Palestinians to a state of their own as well."
She did not say when the UK's Consulate General in East Jerusalem would become a full embassy, saying it would continue while a diplomatic process began with the Palestinian Authority.
The foreign secretary was speaking in New York, where the UN General Assembly is convening this week.
The foreign secretary was speaking in New York, where the UN General Assembly is convening this week.
Cooper will push to build international consensus on a framework for peace in the Middle East, the Foreign Office has said.
France will co-chair a meeting alongside Saudi Arabia addressing the path to a two-state solution to the conflict, after it pledged to recognise Palestinian statehood in July. Belgium is also expected to follow France's declaration at the meeting.
In full: Starmer's statement announcing recognition of Palestinian state
Making the announcement on Sunday, Sir Keir said he wanted to "revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by saying that Palestinian statehood "will not happen".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said that "the Jewish community will never forgive Labour for this betrayal" and accused the prime minister of an "abandonment".
The US described the move as a diplomatic gift to Hamas after it attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.
Sir Keir stressed this was not the case as the terms of the recognition mean Hamas can have "no future, no role in government, no role in security".
This message was echoed in a statement from the Foreign Office, which said the foreign secretary would use the UN meeting to "ensure violent terrorists like Hamas have no role to play in the future of a Palestinian state".
The prime minister added that the decision was instead a "pledge to the Palestinian and Israeli people that there can be a better future", saying the "starvation and devastation [in Gaza] are utterly intolerable".
Sir Keir, who has repeatedly said Hamas can have no role in the future governance of a Palestinian state, said during his announcement that the UK had already proscribed and sanctioned Hamas and that he had directed work to sanction further Hamas figures in the coming weeks.
The UK's minister for the Middle East Hamish Falconer said that "the time is right now because a two-state solution is under peril like never before."
"The threat to two states living in peace, side-by-side has got worse and worse, he told BBC Breakfast.
Falconer stressed that "Hamas would not be the victors" and that "any Palestinian state would be demilitarised."
Hamas on Sunday welcomed the recognition as an "important step in affirming the right of our Palestinian people to their land and holy sites" but said it must be accompanied by "practical measures" that would lead to an "immediate end" to the war.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses a press conference on Australia formally recognising the state of Palestine on Sunday, outside UN headquarters in New York, USA [Lukas Coch/EPA]
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Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia have recognised Palestinian statehood, a symbolic response to Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza and territorial expansion in the occupied West Bank.
More states, including France and Portugal, are expected to recognise Palestine in the coming days after the announcements on Sunday.