UK, Canada, Australia acknowledge Palestinian state for two-state answer

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The UK, Canada and Australia on Sunday introduced the popularity of the Palestinian state, within the hope {that a} two-state answer will convey peace with Israel regardless of protests from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned the transfer is meant "to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis."

"We acknowledged the state of Israel greater than 75 years in the past as a homeland for the Jewish individuals," Starmer mentioned in a video message posted on X . "Right now we be part of over 150 international locations who acknowledge a Palestinian state additionally. A pledge to the Palestinian and Israeli people who there generally is a higher future."

He insisted that the popularity of statehood was not a reward for Hamas, the fear group that carried out the lethal Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel that led to some 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, being killed and the kidnapping of one other 251. Hamas is the present Palestinian governing physique within the Gaza Strip.

RECOGNIZING A PALESTINIAN STATE NOW WILL COMPLICATE FUTURE PEACE EFFORTS, EXPERTS WARN

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he hosts representatives of the Civil Nuclear trade at a reception at Lancaster Home in London, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 to mark the announcement of a brand new UK-US partnership on nuclear. (AP Picture/Alberto Pezzali, Pool, File)

"Hamas is a brutal terror group," Starmer mentioned, including that Hamas can have "no future, no position in authorities, no position in safety," in a Palestinian state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney additionally acknowledged a Palestinian state, posting on X that Canada gives its "partnership in constructing the promise of a peaceable future for each the State of Palestine and the State of Israel."

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong, Minister for International Affairs and Chief of the Authorities within the Senate, mentioned in a joint assertion asserting its recognition of Palestinian statehood that Hamas "should have no position in Palestine."

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is interviewed for breakfast tv in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Papua New Guinea celebrates 50 years of independence. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Picture through AP)

"Australia’s recognition of Palestine at present, alongside Canada and the UK, is a part of a co-ordinated worldwide effort to construct new momentum for a two-state answer, beginning with a ceasefire in Gaza and the discharge of the hostages taken within the atrocities of October 7, 2023," the assertion mentioned.

HOSTAGE FAMILIES BLAST UK AND FRANCE FOR MOVES TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE

Greater than 145 international locations already acknowledge a Palestinian state, together with greater than a dozen in Europe.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities rejects a two-state answer given the present geopolitical state of affairs within the area, with Netanyahu saying that the international locations declaring their recognition of Palestine "are rewarding terror with an unlimited prize."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on the opening occasion of the bipartisan delegation of American legislators to Israel in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Debbie Hill/Pool Picture through AP)

"It is not going to occur," Netanyahu mentioned after the international locations made their bulletins. "A Palestinian state is not going to be established west of the Jordan River."

Netanyahu mentioned he would announce Israel’s response after a visit subsequent week to the U.S., the place he's to satisfy President Donald Trump on the White Home.

Trump voiced his disapproval of the transfer by the U.Okay., Canada and Australia throughout a go to to Britain final week.

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Forty-eight hostages stay in Gaza, with fewer than half believed to nonetheless be alive. Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing round 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, and abducting 251 others.