TeaHe Britain will recognize a Palestinian state in September Until Israel agrees to a two-state solution in a ceasefire and Gaza, Sir Kir Star has vowed.
The Prime Minister said that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government should eliminate its starvation strategy and allow assistance to supply assistance to uncomfortable enclave after un-supported food security bodies, playing in the “worst situation of famine” in the region.
An announcement was made after an emergency virtual cabinet meeting on Tuesday, where Sir Kir made his plan for peace in the Middle East, agreed over the weekend with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Frederick Merz.
Sir has come under Kir Growing pressure from his own party to identify a Palestinian state, Which only Mr. Macron has announced the intention of France to do so by September,
In addition, Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lamy is attending a United Nations Conference in New York on Tuesday to urge support for a two-state solution between Israeli and Palestinians.
Here, Independent Asks experts whether UK Recognition of Palestinian kingdom will mean in practice.
What will be the UK recognition of Palestine as a state?
Dr., an associate professor of UCL specialized in Middle Eastern politics. Julie Norman said that it is likely that the UK would recognize Palestine as a state, meaning it will vote for it in the United Nations – but it is not possible that the United Nations will be able to identify the Palestinian state due to blocking the possibility of the United States.
However, he said that the UK and the countries like France Voting will be a “important” step for recognition in the United Nations.
And he said that the UK is officially recognizing the state of Palestinian, still “value”, even if the reality is that much will not change on the ground, with Israel Nevertheless the possibility of “completely rejecting” recognition.
Talking about British belief, Dr. Norman said: “It will be a strong moral commitment and a moment to Palestine when it is never more frightening. Gaza And West Bank.
“In the short term, it is a diplomatic stance, and it makes place for policy changes.
“And, if and when the parties come back to discuss the long -term struggle, it will put Palestine in a better position. So it will not change things immediately, but I would say that it still has value.”
He said that this step can initially see more changes in London RamlalaA city in the Central West Bank, which serves as the administrative capital of Palestine – for example, inauguration of an embassy in the UK capital. This will not mean Hamas will not recognize.
What is a two-state solution?
The idea of dividing the holy land goes back to decades.
When the British mandate on Palestine ended, the United Nations Partition Scheme in 1947 conceived to divide the region into Jews and Arab states. The next year after the declaration of Israel’s independence, the war with its Arab neighbors erupted and the plan was never implemented. More than half of the Palestinian population ran away or forced to escape. Under a 1949 ceasefire, Jordan controlled the West Bank and East Jerusalem and Egypt over Gaza.
Israel captured West Bank, Eastern Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 six-day war. Palestinians searched for these lands for the independent state of the future, and the idea of a two-state solution based on the boundaries of Israeli has been the basis of peace talks in the 1990s.
The two-state solution has extensive international support, but there is disagreement about how it will be implemented.
The expansion of settlements in Israel’s construction and occupied West Bank, which is illegal under international law, is seen as a major obstacle for it.
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What will be the recognition of Palestine as a state for refugees?
A former British Consul General Sir Vincent Phin, a former Jerusalem, and now a trustee of the Charity Britain Palestine Project said that the recognition of Palestine as a state would mean that if Palestinian passports were issued, they would be later recognized by Britain as a state passport.
However, Sir Vincent said that the Palestinian state would not affect the refugee system of Britain.
“Does it affect the tally of refugees coming to the UK? No,” he said. This is because they hope that the UK currently has a visa regime with Palestine – where a trip between the two is allowed after a successful visa application – will continue.
He said that the Palestinian state “will not change the right to return to their homeland for Palestinians, especially Palestinians”. He said that this was a “long -lasting right”, although it would require interaction with Israel.
What does the UK recognition of Palestinian state mean how will both communicate?
Sir Vincent stated that it was a “very important point” to clarify, as he highlighted the difference between recognizing the unit of Palestine and recognizing the government’s groups.
He said: “It is important to say that the British government does not recognize governments, it recognizes states.
“So it’s not really not recognizing the President [Mahmoud] Abbas as head of PLO [Palestine Liberation Organisation] And head of Palestinian Authority.
“In practice, he will be a conversation in Ramallah, because there is no option.”
However, he insisted that Britain had already prosecuted Hamas As a terrorist group and it will not change.
Dr. Norman said that the Palestinian Authority is currently the main governing unit for Palestinians in the West Bank, which has been recognized by the UK and long -term communication lines. If the UK recognizes the Palestinian kingdom, it would not change and continue.
Sir Vincent also said that the possibility of Hamas running the next Palestine is “practically zero” because the possibility of militants winning elections is “remote”.
He said that Gaza’s future regime will focus on the United Nations meeting this week, who included the Palestinian Authority.
Which country has recognized the state of Palestinian?
France has become the latest country to declare that it will recognize the state of Palestinian, attract anxious rebels from Israel and the United States and probably follow the suit to open the door for other major countries.
Mr. Macron published a letter sent to Mr. Abbas last week, which was worked to move forward with recognition to confirm the intention of France and to convince other partners to do so. He said that he would make a formal announcement at the United Nations General Assembly next month.
France is now the first major western power to transfer its diplomatic stance on a Palestinian state after Spain, Ireland and Norway, which was officially recognized last year.
The three countries announced and agreed that its boundaries would be demarcated as they were before the 1967 war, when Israel captured West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
However, they also admitted that if a final agreement has reached the field, they could change boundaries, and that their decisions do not reduce their trust in Israel’s fundamental rights in peace and security.
Out of the 193 United Nations member states, about 144 are recognized as a state, which includes most of the global south as well as Russia, China and India. But only 27 European Union members do this, mostly former communist countries as well as Sweden and Cyprus.
The United Nations General Assembly in November 2012 upgraded the actual recognition of Palestine’s sovereign state Palestine of Palestine and upgraded the position of its supervisor in “non-member state” in “non-member state”.
What would be the implication of the UK of Palestinian state internationally?
Dr. Norman said: “This is where it can be important”.
He said that two major global powers, such as the UK and France, would be “important” and would pave the way for the issue to be held elsewhere in Canada.
“This begins to separate America as the main leading power supporting Israel for the boycott of Palestine,” he said. “This makes them an exception and shows the rest of the world somewhat united in Palestinian self -determination, which has been the UK policy for some time. If we are serious about it, we need to be serious about it.
“We do not have more military weight as America, but we still have diplomatic weight, and we should use what we can.
“It will show that Europe is committed to a two-state solution, and will not allow it to disappear or sit on the back seat.”
