Starmer To Press Trump On Gaza
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will recall his cabinet from their summer break to discuss the situation in Gaza, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, amid growing pressure on the Labour government to recognise a Palestinian state.
Despite some reports that Donald Trump is growing frustrated with Israel, there is a clear difference in tone between the US and its Western allies.
Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene a cabinet meeting next week, a government source said on Sunday, most likely to discuss the situation in Gaza after coming under growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state.
The recall comes after Starmer said the British government would recognise a Palestinian state only as part of a negotiated peace deal.
The call comes after the three leaders spoke again by phone on Saturday morning, following Friday's conversation. According to the British PM Keir Starmer, the E3 leaders talked about the situation in Gaza,
The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza to end a “humanitarian catastrophe."
Israel rejects a joint statement which condemns the "drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians".
Facing growing international condemnation over Palestinians starving to death in Gaza, Israel’s military is making a series of moves that it says will allow more aid into the enclave. Follow for live updates.
British premier says Israel’s decision to allow aid drops came too late but vows to do everything possible to get supplies into Gaza through new route