"The State of Israel will not lower its waiver after the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7," Danon stressed. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, criticized the United Kingdom's threat to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza,

During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK will recognize a state of Palestine unless the Israeli government agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank,