The families of Israel and Israeli hostages have still held in Gaza, condemning the UK plan to recognize the Palestinian state, saying that it is “rewarding terrorism”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his counterpart, Sir Kir Star, accused Hamas of making Hamas happy with the announcement that UK would work in September until Israel fulfilled the conditions, including consenting a ceasefire in Gaza.
The forum of hostages and missing families stated that people should not work as a foundation for the establishment of a state “, while the former hostage of a British-Israel accused the starrer for” moral failure “.
The British Transport Minister denied that it was rewarding Hamas and said the step was “about the Palestinian people”.
Heidi Alexander said Britain had expected that Hamas was “expected to act in the same way that we expect Israel to act”, when asked whether to release the hostages, the starrer’s pledge was a condition.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said that Britain has taken an important step to preserve the two -state solutions – internationally approved formulas for peace that will see the creation of an independent Palestinian kingdom with Israel in West Bank and Gaza.
In a major change in foreign policy, Starmer announced on Tuesday that Britain would recognize the state of Palestine in September until the Israeli government “did not take enough steps to end the horrific situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and be committed to a long-term, permanent peace, revives the possibility of a two-state solution”.
He also said that Israel should allow the United Nations to resume the supply supply in Gaza and clarify that there will be no attachment in the occupied West Bank.
Starmer said: “Meanwhile, our message to Hamas terrorists is unchanged and unequal. They have to release all the hostages immediately, sign up for a ceasefire, it should be admitted that they will not play any role in Gaza’s government.”
The Prime Minister said that it was a “movement to work” because the possibility of a two-state solution “was now in danger”.
Their decision came a week later France said it would recognize a Palestinian state in September. French External Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barot said that he was “ending the endless cycle of violence and reopening the possibility of peace in the region”.
Israeli’s Foreign Ministry rapidly dismissed the British statement.
Later, Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote on X: “Starmer rewards the demonic terrorism of Hamas and punishes its victims.”
“A jihadi state on the Israeli border will threaten Britain tomorrow,” he said. “The appeasement of jihadi terrorists always fails. It will also fail you. It will not happen.”
Danny Danon, a permanent representative of Israel of the United Nations, said that it was “already agreed several times for a ceasefire” in Gaza “and it is” whatever is necessary to bring the hostage home and defeat Hamas “.
On 7 October 2023, Hamas -led gunmen launched an unprecedented attack on Southern Israel, with about 1,200 people killed and 251 others took back as hostages in Gaza.
Israel started a military campaign in Gaza in response, during which more than 60,000 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry of the region.
Most of Gaza’s population has also been displaced several times; More than 90% of homes are estimated to be damaged or destroyed; Healthcare, water, hygiene and hygiene system have collapsed; And un-assured global food safety experts have warned that “the worst situation of famine is currently playing” due to lack of food.
The platform of hostage and missing families – which represents relatives of many hostages – also criticized British and French initiatives.
A statement said, “Honoring a Palestinian kingdom, while 50 hostages are stuck in the tunnels to reward terrorism.”
“If the international community really wishes for peace, it should be involved in our efforts by demanding the release of all the hostages, followed by the end of the fight,” it said.
Former British-Israel’s former hostage Emily Damri, who was released in January after 471 days in captivity during the final ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in January, Said, “not standing on the right side of history”.
“Was he in power during World War II, would he have advocated recognition for Nazi control of occupied countries like Holland, France or Poland?” He wrote in a post on Instagram. “This is not diplomacy – it is a moral failure. Shame on you, Prime Minister.”
However, Nimrod Kohen’s father, still one of the hostages in Gaza, disagreed with the statements of the hostage families.
“In my opinion, the recognition of a Palestinian state puts pressure on those who are actually responsible for delaying and ensuring the return of the hostage – Hamas’s Financer, Benjamin Netanyahu,” Yahuda Cohen referred to the Prime Minister’s decision to provide hundreds of million dollars to Qatar during Hams’ rule.
In response to the criticism of the announcement of the stormer, the UK Transport Minister Hyde Alexander said: “This is not a reward for Hamas.
He told LBC Radio, “Hamas is a magnificent terrorist organization that has made the atrocities horrific. It is about the Palestinian people. It’s about the children who we see in Gaza who are killing,” he told LBC Radio. “We are ready to pressurize the Israeli government to lift sanctions to get aid in Gaza.”
The Palestinian Authority, which does not control parts of West Bank under the control of Israel, called it a “courageous step that puts Britain to the right of history”.
A statement by the PA’s Foreign Ministry said that it gives importance to the status of Britain on the status of the people of Palestinians, especially in Gaza, and “the Palestine state” to “support its support” [during the Middle East war] In 1967 – as a path towards achieving peace “.
The Ministry also called the Palestinian state “from other countries to recognize a Palestinian state as a means of protecting the two-state solution and a means of facing crimes.
Palestinian former Foreign Minister Nasir al-Kidwa, who is also the nephew of the late leader Yasar Arafat, told the BBC that the UK announcement was important.
He said, “It puts some types of parameters for the country that is recognizing the state of Palestine. First, to oppose any attempt to Israeli Annexation of the West Bank and perhaps any part of Gaza.
“And most importantly, it also opposes efforts to present Israel’s position such as Israel has the right to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for the Palestinian state, which is completely wrong.”
