Sir Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise Palestine as a state unless Israel agrees to end the "appalling situation in Gaza", but Israel says the decision constitutes "a reward for Hamas and harms efforts to achieve a ceasefire".

Government ready to increase pressure on Israel over Gaza and West Bank, chancellery spokesman Stefan Kornelius says - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel and the United States angrily — and wrongly — condemned French president Emmanuel Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

Australia has placed a number of preconditions on recognition. This kind of decision has long been a complicated and political process.

About 144 of the 193 member states of the United Nations recognise Palestine as a state, including most of the global south as well as Russia, China and India. But only a handful of the 27 European Union members do so, mostly former Communist countries as well as Sweden and Cyprus.

There are 147 UN member states out of 193 that recognise the state of Palestine - but the UK is not one of them

Speaking to La Repubblica on Saturday, Meloni said, “I am very much in favour of the State of Palestine, but I am not in favour of recognising it before its establishment.”

Germany is not planning to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term and said its priority now is to make "long-overdue progress" towards a two-state solution, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

France's planned recognition expected to reshape EU dynamics, becoming 143rd UN member to back Palestinian statehood - Anadolu Ajansı

The SNP, an opposition party with just 9 seats in Westminster, announced that it will table a ‘Palestine Recognition Bill’ in September.

Britain may recognise Palestine in September if Israel does not act on Gaza. Keir Starmer's decision follows France's lead. Starmer wants more aid to Gaza and a commitment to a two-state solution. Donald Trump focused on feeding people.