Great Britain rejected the criticism that it was rewarding the Hamas Combat Group to establish plans to recognize a Palestinian State unless Israel took measures to improve the situation in Gaza and achieve peace.
The sight of the children of Gaza Demacradas has shocked the world in recent days, and on Tuesday, a hunger monitor warned that a worse cases of famine was developing there and immediate action was needed to avoid generalized death.
The ultimatum of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, establishing a September deadline for Israel, caused an immediate rebuke of his counterpart in Jerusalem, who said he rewarded Hamas and punished the victims of his cross -border attack of 2023.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he did not believe that Hamas “should be rewarded” with the recognition of Palestinian independence.
When asked about that criticism, British transport minister Heidi Alexander, appointed by the Government to answer the questions of a series of media interviews on Wednesday, said it was not the right way to characterize the Plan of Great Britain.
“This is not a reward for Hamas. Hamas is a vile terrorist organization that has committed spooky atrocities. It is the Palestinian people. These are those children we see in Gaza who starve to death,” he told death. ” LBC radio.
“We have to increase the pressure on the Israeli government to lift the restrictions to return to Gaza.”
France announced last week that Palestinian status would recognize in September.
The successive British governments have said they would recognize a Palestinian state when it was more effective.
In a televised speech on Tuesday, Starmer said that now that moment had arrived, highlighting the suffering in Gaza and saying that the perspective of a solution of two states, a Palestinian state coexisting in peace along with Israel, was under threat.
Starmer said that Great Britain would leave the movement in the UN General Assembly in September unless Israel took substantive measures to allow greater help to enter Gaza, make it clear that there will be no annexation of the West Bank and committed to a long -term peace process that delivered a solution of two states.
