The United Kingdom, Australia and Canada formally recognize the Palestinian state

The governments of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia have joined dozens of other countries in symbolically recognition Palestinian state Despite the loud opposition from the United States and Israel.

British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer confirmed on Sunday An expected advertisement on a large scaleSaying that the move aims to “revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and the Israelis.”

“Let’s be honest. Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. Our call for a real solution from the two countries is the opposite of his abhorrent vision,” Starmer said on Sunday. “So we are clear, that this solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means that Hamas cannot have a future, no role in the government, and no role in security.”

It is the moment of the water gatherings for the Palestinians and their decades’ aspirations for the state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on social media: “Canada recognizes the status of Palestine and our partnership is to build a promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz said in a statement that the announcement in addition to those in the United Kingdom and Canada are part of the “international effort coordinated to build a momentum for a two -state solution.”

Albaniz said in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded with an angry statement on Sunday, saying that the establishment of a Palestinian state “will not happen.”

Britain and other Western allies accused of giving a “reward” of Hamas.

“I have a clear message to these leaders who get to know a Palestinian state after the horrific massacre on October 7: you give a great reward for terrorism,” he said. “I have another message to you: This will not happen. A Palestinian state will not be created in the west of the Jordan River.”

The Prime Minister said that he would announce Israel’s response to Sunday’s ads after a trip next week to the United States, where President Trump will meet at the White House.

Mr. Trump expressed his rejection of the UK’s recognition of a Palestinian state during a government visit to Britain last week.

“I have a dispute with the Prime Minister in this result,” said Mr. Trump.

Although this step is largely symbolic, it is a historical moment as the United Kingdom laid the foundation for the establishment of the Israeli state when it controlled what was then known as Palestine in 1917.

More than 140 countries have already taken this step, and it is expected to do so at the United Nations General Assembly this week, including France.

French President Emmanuel Macron said about.He faced the nation with Margaret Brennan“France’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is necessary to combat Hamas.

“The goal of Hamas is not to create a Palestinian state,” he said. “The goal of Hamas is to destroy Israel, and to persuade the maximum number of people that they do not have an opportunity to obtain peace and stability, specifically a Palestinian state. Killing the maximum number of Israeli people. For this reason, if we want to stop this war, if we want to isolate Hamas, the process of identification and the peace process that is appropriate for this recognition process.

Critics, including the United States and the Israeli government, which showed no interest in a two-state solution, condemned the plans, saying that it is equivalent to enthusiasm for its attack on October 7, 2023. In addition to saying that recognition is immoral, critics argue that he does not admit that it is not divided that the poor people are divided into two sheep-West Bank.

The war began on October 7, 2023, when the terrorists led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251 people in their attack on southern Israel. There are still forty -eight hostages in Gaza, with many ceasefires or other agreements. Israel believes that about 20 still alive, though The hostage bodies have been recovered During a joint operation in late August.

The head of the Palestinian mission in the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, told CBS News The BBC that recognition would make a mistake in the colonial era.

“The case today ends the denial of our existence, which started 108 years ago, in 1917,” he said. “I think today, the British people must celebrate a day that is corrected for history, when errors are corrected, when the mistakes of the past are recognized.”