Israel and the United States angrily — and wrongly — condemned French president Emmanuel Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

Government ready to increase pressure on Israel over Gaza and West Bank, chancellery spokesman Stefan Kornelius says - Anadolu Ajansı

Britain announced on Tuesday it was prepared to recognise a Palestinian state in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the "appalling situation" in Gaza and meets other conditions.

Australia has placed a number of preconditions on recognition. This kind of decision has long been a complicated and political process.

There are 147 UN member states out of 193 that recognise the state of Palestine - but the UK is not one of them

Speaking to La Repubblica on Saturday, Meloni said, “I am very much in favour of the State of Palestine, but I am not in favour of recognising it before its establishment.”

Germany is not planning to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term and said its priority now is to make "long-overdue progress" towards a two-state solution, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Unlike Marcon, Starmer stops short of announcing when he'll recognize Palestinian statehood; in call with Canadian counterpart, FM Sa’ar signals possible Israeli retaliation against Paris

Sir Keir Starmer had been under a lot of pressure to recognise Palestinian statehood. He was under pressure from more than 250 MPs, many from his party, who signed a letter urging recognition. He was under pressure from Jeremy Corbyn’s new left-wing party, which placed alleged UK complicity in the horror in Gaza at the centre of its launch.

France's planned recognition expected to reshape EU dynamics, becoming 143rd UN member to back Palestinian statehood - Anadolu Ajansı

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