Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the Prime Minister Keir Starmer-led United Kingdom’s decision to formally recognise the State of Palestine.
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Britain, alongside Australia and Canada, on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of Western foreign policy.
Britain and Canada became the first G7 countries to take the step, with France and other nations expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly, which opens Monday in New York.
However, the decision triggered swift Israeli anger and condemnation from the opposition.
Reacting in a statement on her X on Sunday, Badenoch described the move as “absolutely disastrous.”
She argued the move rewards terrorism with no conditions, and the decision would be widely regretted.
She said, “Absolutely disastrous. We will all rue the day this decision was made. Rewarding terrorism with no conditions whatsoever put in place for Hamas.
“It leaves hostages languishing in Gaza and does nothing to stop the suffering of innocent people caught in this war.”
The Winchester opposition leader accused Labour of pandering to its “hard left” rather than fixing Britain’s pressing domestic problems.
“It is because Labour cannot fix the big problems in our society that they focus on discredited student union campaigns to appease the hard left.
Listing examples of Labour’s failings, she said, “They cannot fix the NHS, so they push assisted suicide. – They cannot create jobs for young people, so they give them votes at 16.
“They cannot sort out immigration, but they will recognise Palestine instead. And so on. This is the same man who paid £35bn of reparations to Mauritius along with the surrender of the Chagos islands.”
Badenoch also criticised what she described as the prime minister’s wider record
“Everything we are seeing is a consequence of a Prime Minister who has no plan for the country and no judgment.
“He will spend the next four years delivering the hobby horses of the Labour left to stay in power and leave a HUGE mess for us to clean up.”
Earlier, Starmer announced the recognition of Palestine in a post on X, saying the move was intended to provide a two-state solution.
He said, “Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two-state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine.”
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