Will Israel annex the West Bank now Britain recognises Palestine?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The PM's recognition of a nominal state or Palestine has provoked a furious response from the right flank of the Israeli government - several members of which are openly calling on their own government to now seize the occupied West Bank in retaliation.
Israel says this is a reward for Hamas and that Keir Starmer is concerned with his own party management - is there any truth to any of that? Why is Netanyahu unable to see the part he himself has played in bringing this historical move about? Will any of the rhetoric bring salvation to starving people in Gaza or the hostages in their midst? And is this move a tacit admission from the British government that it is powerless to change the situation there?
Later, what does the memorial for Charlie Kirk tell us about Christian nationalism and the MAGA movement?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.6 | Ask yourself, Kier Starrmer, why did you really take this step? |
| 0:16.3 | What's really on your mind? |
| 0:18.2 | What's your real motivation? |
| 0:20.3 | History, Kier Starrmer, will judge you harshly. |
| 0:23.5 | That is Israel's ambassador to the US, Michael later, after Kier Stama's weekend announcement, |
| 0:29.3 | that the UK was ready to recognize Palestine. Israel is furious. |
| 0:36.3 | Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has said |
| 0:38.6 | that what Kiyosth has done is nothing short of rewarding Hamas for the horrors of October the 7th. |
| 0:45.6 | Is that right? Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 0:52.4 | The news agents. |
| 0:54.0 | It's Emily. It's Emily. |
| 0:54.7 | It's Lewis. |
| 0:55.5 | And this was really historically significant what happened on Sunday. |
| 1:01.8 | Kirstama had promised that this might happen earlier in the year, |
| 1:06.1 | that Palestinian statehood would be recognised by the UK for the first time since the creation of the |
| 1:12.5 | state of Israel in 1948, the first time ever. He promised earlier in the year that he would do that |
| 1:18.0 | if Israel did not do certain things to improve the conditions of humanitarian situation in Gaza. |
| 1:25.8 | They haven't done that. Kiyosthama therefore recognized for the first time |
| 1:29.8 | Palestine as a state. And we should say this is not just something that the UK is doing alone. |
| 1:33.8 | Australia is doing the same thing. Canada is doing the same thing. A clutch of the European |
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