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Over 50 former senior UK diplomats call on @Keir_Starmer to unconditionally recognise a Palestinian state now. Don't wait for a bilateral Israeli-Palestinian process to emerge by itself - it is not going to happen. Instead, kickstart a multilateral push. una.org.uk/letter-prime-m…

📍 Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral. This tragedy must end now. Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6014sGyPq

We need to end starvation in Gaza, get hostages home, secure ceasefire that restores hope of two state solution. This can be done. For our part we’re relentlessly focused on practical aid delivery. Here’s why aid isn’t getting through, and what’s needed to save lives. ⬇️

221 MPs, from 9 parties, have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urging them to recognise Palestine as a state now

We have published our report on the Israel-Palestine conflict. We have spent the last nine months taking evidence on the conflict. Today, we are calling on the Government to act more boldly and bravely to deliver a two-state solution. Read the report ⬇️ publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmse…

In August, the world will mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The systems put in place since to protect us from nuclear war are at failing, writes @janekinninmont. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/polic…

Canada and other allies should also recognize Palestinian statehood. It would only be a small step towards peace, but it would boost the Palestinian Authority & help build momentum for the two-state solution. France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…

This baby formula costs 420 shekels = 125$ in Gaza.

“Aid, water supplies, fuel, medical supplies, goddammit baby formula [is] being used as an instrument of occupation and as an instrument of war”. Moazzam Malik, Chief Executive of @savechildrenuk says he has covered this conflict in Gaza for years and the pattern remains the…

I welcome this decision by President Macron. With unimaginable suffering in Gaza and no end in sight, now is the time for our government to do the same.

Ceasefire. Ceasefire. Ceasefire. We have tonight shared our plan to reach everyone in Gaza. We are ready. Enough. Let us work.

Big: France will recognize Palestine as a state in Sept — becoming the most powerful US ally to do so Not a step that feeds Palestinians in Gaza today, but one showing Israel & the US growing international impatience with their policy on the war + the region. Eyes now on the UK.

Noteworthy this also happened in Paris on the day Macron announced France’s forthcoming recognition of Palestine - shows that France is playing a role that will be appreciated by both U.S. and Israel when it comes to Syria, even if they object to Palestine move.

Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September.…

“We are clear that statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people”. So why wait for a “ceasefire” to “put us on the path to the recognition of a Palestinian state”? Especially as ceasefire talks have again broken down. The U.S. mediators are leaving Doha.

Recognise Palestine. Write to your MP - here are some tips una.org.uk/recognise-pale…

Years ago I had the chance to visit a museum in St Petersburg that told the story of the Siege of Leningrad. The starvation trauma runs deep for generations. “Starvation…destroys societies as well as lives. People are forced to make impossible choices, such as deciding which…

The Guardian view on starvation in Gaza: it will take more than words to halt Israel’s genocide | Editorial | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I would now expect the UK to do the same.

The pressure will grow as France moves ahead. …Dozens of former UK diplomats urge Starmer to recognise Palestinian state | Gaza | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Emmanuel Macron confirms that France will recognise the State of Palestine and will announce it at the UN General Assembly this September. It’s time for @Keir_Starmer to announce that Britain will join France to make this historic move together.