Starmer Says Palestinians Have ‘Undeniable Right’ to Their Own State

The new prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has said there was an “undeniable right” for a state of Palestine to be recognised as part of a Middle East peace process. One of the few downsides for Sir Keir in Labour’s landslide election victory was that several Labour MPs lost their seats as a result of a surge in support for pro-Palestinian independent candidates appealing mainly to Muslim voters. On Sunday, Sir Keir rang Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority—which rules those parts of the West Bank which are not under Israeli control—and expressed his concern about the “ongoing suffering and devastating loss of life” in Gaza....