British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday said the United Kingdom is prepared to recognize a Palestinian state if Israel fails to take immediate action to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

Starmer gave the deadline of the United Nations General Assembly in September, following a move by French President Emmanuel Macron, who announced Paris’s recognition of a Palestinian state at the leaders-level summit next month.

“I've always said that we will recognize a Palestinian state as a contribution to a proper peace process at the moment of maximum impact for the two-state solution, with that solution now under threat, this is the moment to act,” Starmer said, delivering remarks to a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza.

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