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LIVE: UK, Canada and Australia announce formal recognition of Palestinian state
BBC ^ | 21 September 2025

Posted on 09/21/2025 6:52:41 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that the UK now formally recognises a Palestinian state

"Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution, I state clearly - as prime minister of this great country - that the United Kingdom formally recognises the state of Palestine," he says in a video statement Earlier, Canada became the first G7 nation to make the move, closely following by Australia

Starmer's deputy, David Lammy, earlier defended the move - telling the BBC "now is the time to stand up for a two-state solution"

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has previously opposed countries recognising Palestinian statehood, saying it "rewards Hamas terror" and "hardens" the group's "refusal to free hostages"

Families of those still being held in Gaza have also expressed concern - in an open letter to Starmer, they say recognition "complicates efforts to bring home our loved ones"

Meanwhile, Israel's ground offensive on Gaza City continues - earlier, the IDF said it had intercepted two projectiles fired from the north of the Strip

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Israel; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: australia; canada; gaza; israel; jerusalem; lickthesandals; london; nationalsuicide; palestine; unitedkingdom
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For some perspective: the UK paved the way for Israel to be recognized as a state in 1948, beginning with the Balfour Declaration of 1917 regarding a "national home for the Jewish people"
1 posted on 09/21/2025 6:52:41 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Congratulations, Keir, on formally recognizing North Sea Palestine.


2 posted on 09/21/2025 6:55:17 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“The Balfour Declaration, issued on November 2, 1917, was a pivotal statement by the British government expressing support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.”

“The declaration symbolized a turning point for the Zionist movement, as it provided official recognition from a major world power, bolstering the legitimacy of Jewish claims to the land.”

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/balfour-declaration-supports-jewish-homeland-palestine


3 posted on 09/21/2025 6:55:18 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

We need to invade western Canada and save the remaining conservatives there.


4 posted on 09/21/2025 6:57:21 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

So, chopping up and burning those babies alive on Oct 7 worked huh?

Trump is right to bully those cowards


5 posted on 09/21/2025 6:58:21 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Starmer insists that the two-state solution “is not a reward for Hamas
6 posted on 09/21/2025 7:00:27 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The Liberal lunatics in Canada and Australia are just giving Sir Keir Starmer cover, while appeasing their own Squatter immigrants at the same time.

Pathetic hypocrites... They could've used this as a bargaining chip to get the living and mostly dead hostages released. But Keir had to appease his left wing in an effort to maintain his leadership of the Labour party. He p*ssed off a lot of them after forcing his left of center Deputy Prime Minister and parttime Tavern Wench, Angela Rayner, to resign.


7 posted on 09/21/2025 7:05:02 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

ha ha!
such insane evil in government only breeds contempt from the subjects/citizenry

(it will have zero impact on the middle east since their much-loved terrorist state of Fakestine doesn’t exist and never will be permitted anywhere near the region)


8 posted on 09/21/2025 7:10:29 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Any sane person would know that a two state “solution” can’t work and will lead to more destruction.

Jordan finally had to attack and drive them out (after being attacked many times) , after which they went to Lebanon and promptly destroyed it.


9 posted on 09/21/2025 7:11:38 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I am formally recognizing Scotland as a Free State, today, coincidentally.


10 posted on 09/21/2025 7:14:12 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BradyLS

Idiots, that’s great reward the terrorists. All this does is encourage more mayhem but deluded fools like Starmer may actually believe it will placate the vermin.


11 posted on 09/21/2025 7:14:12 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Three wacko governments but not the citizens of these countries


12 posted on 09/21/2025 7:15:40 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Okay, show me Palestine on a map...


13 posted on 09/21/2025 7:16:45 AM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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For some perspective: the UK paved the way for Israel to be recognized as a state in 1948, beginning with the Balfour Declaration of 1917 regarding a "national home for the Jewish people"

Ahem, AI Overview:

"The United Kingdom did not vote to create the state of Israel in 1948; it abstained from the UN General Assembly vote on UN Resolution 181, the partition plan for Palestine."

"At the same time, a British general commanded the Jordanian army, which fought against Israel."
14 posted on 09/21/2025 7:22:00 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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Congratulations, Keir, on formally recognizing North Sea Palestine.

Exactly; UK, Canada and Australia have plenty of territory to cede to "Greater Philistia."

So much for the Anglo Israel heresy ...
15 posted on 09/21/2025 7:23:53 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

What are the boundaries of this Palestinian state? Who is its president/chief executive?


16 posted on 09/21/2025 7:25:36 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: faithhopecharity
From Amir Tsarfati's news feed (he usually has good sources):


The next step in the coming days will be 
an Israeli announcement of sovereignty over the West Bank

t.me
1h


17 posted on 09/21/2025 7:25:59 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Starmer just spit right into the eye of the people of England... The Uk is to become a muslim holding whether the folks of that once great nation like it or not.

Canada will be next...


18 posted on 09/21/2025 7:26:33 AM PDT by unread (God bless the "REPUBLIC".! And to hell with their democracy...)
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I am formally recognizing Scotland as a Free State, today, coincidentally.

What about Wales and Daneland ?
19 posted on 09/21/2025 7:27:32 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Those happen tomorrow and Tuesday.


20 posted on 09/21/2025 7:28:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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