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Speaker 1: There is no doubt that this week may be an

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interesting week in the international community, as world leaders gather

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for the twenty twenty five United Nations General Assembly meeting

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to discuss and take a standover decades of conflicts between

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Israel and the people of Palestine, especially some of them

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well known as Hamas fighters, over territorial integrity and sovereignty,

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most especially ever since the State of Palestine was officially

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declared by the Palestine Liberation Organisation PLO on the fifteenth

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of November nineteen eighty eight, claiming sovereignty over the West Bank,

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which includes East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, and as

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at the end of nineteen eighty eight, over seventy eight

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countries approved the declaration, including Nigeria, that recognised Palestinian state

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barely three days after the declaration on November eighteen, nineteen

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eighty eight, and the numbers have been increasing, particularly since

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the beginning of twenty twenty four like never before. As

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at September twenty first, twenty one, twenty five, over one

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hundred and fifty one countries out of the one hundred

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and ninety three United Nations members have recognized the Palestinian State,

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including United Kingdom UK, which its recognition appears to be

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more disturbing to the Israeli government, with the Israeli Prime

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Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo issuing what he described as a clear

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message to the world leaders recognizing Palestine as a country

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of its own that it’s not going to happen. The

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United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, among others, declared and announced their

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recognition of the Palestinian state on September twenty first, twenty

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twenty five, while countries like Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea,

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among others, are yet to make their position known. In

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a video broadcast on Sunday, the British Prime Minister Keir

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Starmer said today to revive the hope of peace for

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the Palestinians and Israelis and a two state solution, the

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United Kingdom formally recognizes the State of Palestine, adding that

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the recognition is not a reward for her Mass, reiterating

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that the United Kingdom has already prescribed and sanctioned her

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Mass as a terrorist organization, saying any member of her

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Mass will not be a member of the Palestinian government,

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including joining the security architectures of the Palestinian state. A

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statement by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin netanya who

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issued a few hours after the video broadcast by the

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer. The Israel

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Prime Minister said there would never be a Palestinian state

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to the west of the Jordan River. In quotes Prime

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Minister Benjamin Netanyah who said, I have a clear message

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to those leaders who are recognizing a Palestinian state after

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the horrendous October seventh massacre. You are rewarding terror with

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an enormous prize, and I have another message for you.

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It’s not going to happen. There will be no Palestinian

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state to the west of the Jordan River. For years,

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I have prevented the creation of that terror state against

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tremendous pressure, both domestic and from abroad. We have done

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this with determination and with this chute statesmanship. Moreover, we

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have doubled the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria, and

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we will continue on this path. The response to the

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latest attempt to force upon us a terra state in

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the heart of our land will be given after my

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return from the United States. Stand by in.

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Speaker 2: The face of the growing horror in the Middle East.

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We are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace

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and a two state solution that means a safe and

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secure Israel alongside a viable Palestinian state. At the moment

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we have neither. Ordinary people Israeli and Palestinians deserve to

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live in peace, to try to rebuild their lives free

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from violence and suffering. That’s what the British people desperately

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want to see. Yet, almost two years after the barbaric

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attacks of October, the seven hostages are still held by

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the terrorists of her Mass. Recent images show the hostages

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suffering and emaciated. Her Mass even refuse to release all

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the bodies of the dead. I have met British families.

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Speaker 1: Of the hostages.

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Speaker 2: I see the torture that they endure each and every day,

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pain that strikes deep in people’s hearts across Israel and

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here in the United Kingdom. The hostages must be released

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immediately and we will keep fighting to bring them home.

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Let’s be frank. Har Mass is a brutal terror organization.

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Our call for a genuine two state solution is the

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exact opposite of their hateful vision. So we are clear

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this solution is not a reward for her Mass, because

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it means her Mass can have no future, no role

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in government, no role in security. We have already prescribed

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and sanctioned her Mass, and we will go further. I

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have directed work to sanction other Hamas figures in the

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coming weeks. Meanwhile, the man made humanitarian crisis in Gaza

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reaches new depths continue the Israeli governments relentless and increasing

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bombardment of Gaza the offensive of recent weeks. The starvation

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and devastation are utterly intolerable. Tens of thousands have been

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including thousands as they tried to collect food and water.

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This death and destruction horrifies all of us. It must end.

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We have evacuated the first group of sick and injured

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children to the United Kingdom to be treated by the NHS,

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and we continue to increase our humanitarian support, but still

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nowhere near enough aid is getting through. We call again

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on the Israeli government to lift the unacceptable restrictions at

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the border, stop these cruel tactics and let the aid

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surge in with the actions of Her Mass. The Israeli

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government escalating the conflict and settlement building being accelerated in

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the West Bank. The hope of a two state solution

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is but we cannot let that light go out. That

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is why we are building consensus with leaders in the

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region and beyond around our framework for peace. This is

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a practical plan to bring people together behind a common

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vision and a series of steps, including the reform of

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the Palestinian Authority that takes us from a ceasefire in

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Gaza to negotiations on a two state solution. We will

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keep driving this board. As part of this effort, I

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set out in July the terms upon which we would

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act in line with our manifesto to recognize Palestinian status.

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That moment has now arrived, and so today to revive

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the hope of peace and a two state solution abused.

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I state clearly as Prime Minister of this great country

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and the country that the United Kingdom formerly recognizes the

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State of Palestine. With you, we recognize the state of

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Israel more than seventy five years ago as a homeland

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for the Jewish people. Today we join over one hundred

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and fifty countries who recognize a Palestinian state. Also a

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pledge to the Palestinian and Israeli people that there can

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be a better future for I know the strength of

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feeling that this conflict provokes. We have seen it on

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our streets, in our schools, in conversations we’ve had with

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friends and families. It has created division. Some have used

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it to stoke hatred and fear, but that solves nothing.

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Not only must we reject hate, we must redouble our

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efforts to combat hatred in all its forms. We must

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channe our efforts, united together in hope behind the peaceful

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future that we want to see the release of the hostages,

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an end to the violence, an end to the suffering,

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and a shift back towards a two state solution as

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the best hope for peace and security for all sides.