01/31/2024

The U.K. Will Consider Recognizing a Palestinian State

Foreign Secretary David Cameron recently made these remarks

The United Kingdom (U.K.) would consider recognizing a Palestinian state to create "irreversible progress" toward an end to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, David Cameron, the country’s foreign secretary and former Prime Minister, said on Monday at a reception for Arab Ambassadors in London.

"We have a responsibility there because we should be starting to set out what a Palestinian state would look like; what it would comprise; how it would work," Cameron said. "As that happens, we, with allies, will look at the issue of recognizing a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations."

Currently, 139 of the 193 U.N. member states recognize Palestinian statehood. Most of the countries that do not are Western countries like the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and most Western European countries.

Please select this link to read the complete article from TIME.