Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the U.K. will recognise Palestine as a state in the United Nations meeting in September, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza and a path toward a permanent,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza,” as well as meeting other conditions.

A growing numbers of lawmakers in Starmer's Labour Party have asking him to recognize a Palestinian state to put pressure on Israel.