Trump reacts to Starmer plan to recognize Palestine: ‘Could make the case that you’re rewarding Hamas’

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 07/30/2025
President Trump warned Tuesday that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September if the Israeli government fails to meet certain conditions could reward Hamas and stressed that the US would not follow suit. 

“You could make the case that you’re rewarding Hamas if you do that,” Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One en route to the US from Scotland. “I’m not about to do that.”

Earlier in the day, Starmer committed to granting Palestine UK recognition during the United Nations General Assembly, following in the footsteps of France, unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to remedy humanitarian concerns in the Gaza Strip and agrees to a long-term plan for a two-state solution.

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