The UK Joins Australia and Canada in Recognizing Palestinian State
Despite opposition from the US and Israel, on Sunday, Sept. 21, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that the UK was siding with Australia and Canada in recognizing a Palestinian state, according to the AP news. The decision was intended to revive the hope of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, stated Starmer; however, he also said that this decision would play no role in the future governance of the Palestinian people. The U.K. is not the only country recently recognizing a Palestinian state, and more than 140 other countries have followed suit. It is expected that more countries, including France, will do so at the U.N. General Assembly this week, according to AP news.
Trump’s Peace Efforts Falter
As conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza continue to escalate, Trump’s plans for peace have begun to falter. A month after meeting with Vladimir Putin at an Alaskan summit, President Donald Trump is surprised that there is still no peace in Ukraine according to AP News. The expression of his disappointment and frustration with Putin is very different from the confidence he projects on the international stage. Trump recently stated that his goal for the upcoming U.N. The General Assembly was “world peace,” according to AP News. Though while Trump is setting the bar high, conflicts appear to only be escalating within Palestinian, not winding down.
Israeli Strikes Kill More Than 400 People In Gaza
Israeli strikes in Gaza City and at a refugee camp killed more than 40 people on Sunday, Sept. 21, according to AP News. The act was in retaliation from several European countries, and U.S. allies moved to recognize a Palestinian state. Health officials at Shifa Hospital said that 14 people were killed in a strike late Saturday, Sept. 20, due to a bombing on a residential block in the southern side of the city. Another strike targeting a group of people in front of a clinic in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed eight Palestinians according to AP News. Israel made no comments following the strikes.
