Is Starmer willing to recognise Palestine or not?

After a ninety minute crisis cabinet meeting - driven by the appalling scenes of starvation in Gaza - Keir Starmer emerged with a plan: the UK would recognise Palestine by September. If Israel hadn’t changed its behaviour before then. So, is statehood for Palestine an end goal for UK foreign policy? Or just a punishment for Israel? And what happens if there ARE moves towards peace in the next six weeks - is that rewarded by the UK stepping back from its pledge? We talk to global historian Peter Frankopan about what “recognition“ really means. And ask Emily Thornberry where it leaves her party. You can visit our website here www.thenewsagents.co.uk #starmer #uk #ukpolitics #israel #palestine #israelpalestineconflict #israelhamaswar #gaza #westbank #middleeast #palestinians #davidlammy #labour #france #macron #trump #usa #Podcast #UKPodcast #PoliticsPodcast #News #Politics #NewsAgents #EmilyMaitlis #JonSopel #LewisGoodall Download The News Agents with Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall from 5PM every weekday on Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KuVj/ Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@thenewsagents The News Agents website: https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with us on the Socials! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsagents.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenewsagents/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenewsagents Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenewsagentsofficial Twitter: https://x.com/TheNewsAgents