{"id":7750,"date":"2025-09-22T07:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/uk-pushes-peace-plan-as-fourth-western-nation-recognises-palestine-before-talks-at-un\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:03:36","slug":"uk-pushes-peace-plan-as-fourth-western-nation-recognises-palestine-before-talks-at-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/uk-pushes-peace-plan-as-fourth-western-nation-recognises-palestine-before-talks-at-un\/","title":{"rendered":"UK pushes peace plan as fourth Western nation recognises Palestine before talks at UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That&rsquo;s all for our live coverage of the war in Gaza and wider Middle East for now.<\/p>\n<p>Today&rsquo;s major news was the formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the UK, Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The move was condemned by Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it &ldquo;absurd&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Sir Keir Starmer&rsquo;s announcement here&hellip;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><ncpost-content data-type=\"SKY-BRIGHTCOVE\" data-video-id=\"7027655\" data-title=\"Watch in full: PM announces UK will recognise a Palestinian state\" data-iframe=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/iframe\/widget\/video\/\"><\/ncpost-content><\/p>\n<p>All three nations framed their decisions as trying to preserve a two-state solution, at a time when Israel is refusing to countenance such an idea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Meanwhile, Israel tried to claim the move rewards Hamas &ndash; a criticism we&rsquo;ve long heard from the country.<\/p>\n<p>Our <b>Middle East correspondent Adam Parsons<\/b> said the move was largely symbolic &ndash; but he pointed out symbolism mattered in Gaza and Israel.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch his analysis here&hellip;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><ncpost-content data-type=\"SKY-BRIGHTCOVE\" data-video-id=\"7027677\" data-title=\"'Recognition is symbolic but important'\" data-iframe=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/iframe\/widget\/video\/\"><\/ncpost-content><\/p>\n<p>While diplomatic developments unfolded at pace, Israel continued its assault on Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>The urban centre is thought to be Hamas&rsquo;s last stronghold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Israel has demanded that Palestinians leave and move south, and has been pounding the city, levelling high-rise buildings in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, at least 34 people were killed, mostly in Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>But yesterday, across the enclave, more than 100 people were killed in Israeli attacks, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n<p><b>And looking ahead&hellip;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The UN General Assembly continues this week, where more nations may also recognise a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>At the same event in New York, Netanyahu is due to speak as well, to put forward his own case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>UK pushes peace plan as fourth Western nation recognises Palestine before talks at UN<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&rsquo;s all for our live coverage of the war in Gaza and wider Middle East for now. Today&rsquo;s major news was the formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the UK, Canada and Australia. The move was condemned by Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it &ldquo;absurd&rdquo;. Watch Sir Keir Starmer&rsquo;s announcement here&hellip; All&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/uk-pushes-peace-plan-as-fourth-western-nation-recognises-palestine-before-talks-at-un\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;UK pushes peace plan as fourth Western nation recognises Palestine before talks at UN&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}