The UK’s (Conditional) Plan To Recognise A Palestinian State

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions, including a ceasefire and a commitment to a long-term peace process. Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Alex Forsyth to explain the day’s events.

It comes the same day as a major alert from the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warning of "the worst-case scenario of famine” playing out in Gaza.

David Miliband, the CEO of the International Rescue Committee, also joins Newscast to discuss the worsening aid situation, and gives his proposals to relieve the crisis.

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0:23.3	Hello, we got a big shift in the government's position on Gaza today.
0:28.6	The Prime Minister said that the UK would be prepared to recognise a Palestinian state
0:33.2	at the United Nations in September.
0:36.1	But that is only if the Israeli government does certain things
0:40.9	and stops doing certain other things in the meantime.
0:44.3	So it's not just a cut and dried offer to recognise a Palestinian state.
0:48.4	And that's different from what Emmanuel Macron, the French president, did last week.
0:52.8	So there's quite a lot to unpick here,
0:55.0	but that is what we will do on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. He has just
1:01.9	compared me to the fat controller. Did I say that? I can't believe I said that. Next question.
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1:13.2	I don't think I'm being rude.
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1:19.2	Blimey.
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