There is a lot of pressure on Starmer to recognise Palestine. I suspect the reason he has not is trade with the USA.
Since my last post on Israel, the violence against Christians and Muslims is continuing and the crisis with food is worsening. A soldier who was involved in distributing aid with the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has spoken out against the murder of civilians. Macron has stated that he will recognise Palestine as a nation, Starmer is under pressure to do so from his own parliamentary party and Israeli politicians openly discuss ethnic cleansing.
But, doing so will anger the USA, and thanks to the nightmare of Brexit, the UK needs trade with it more than France does. Starmer has managed to strike up a surprisingly good relationship with Trump (for now) which may benefit the economy, and if so, economic growth may follow.
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