You Vote: With France and England planning to recognize a Palestinian state, what do you think?

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that he is ready to recognize a Palestinian state with France at the United Nations in September.

Starmer said that the UK could recognize Palestine as a state as soon as the UN General Assembly in September, unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza,” The Times reported.

“He reiterated that there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas and that our demands on Hamas remain, that they must release all the hostages, sign up to a ceasefire, accept that they will play no role in the government of Gaza, and disarm.”

The U.S. State Department on Monday condemned a United Nations conference on a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, deeming it "unproductive and ill-timed" amid ongoing efforts to end the fighting in Gaza.