Mick Hartley

Tom Harris in the Telegraph:

So here is the latest triumph in British international diplomacy as crafted by the Prime Minister and his Foreign Secretary, David Lammy: we will recognise Palestine as a state, but only as a punishment for Israel if it fails to secure a ceasefire with Hamas terrorists. If the Islamists, however, manage to obstruct a ceasefire agreement – for example, by refusing to release the hostages that are still languishing in Gaza – they will be rewarded with international recognition.

A primary level child could see the problem with such a “solution” but it seems to have escaped our Prime Minister and his Cabinet. Not only has he created perverse incentives for Hamas to extend the fighting in Gaza for a couple of months, but he has also made the release of Israeli hostages, many of whom have already been murdered in captivity, less likely….

Seems a fair summary. Some acolyte cobbled it together, they just glanced through it, said yeah fine: fingers crossed that'll keep the backbenchers and the Muslim vote happy for the moment….

Added:

A senior Hamas official has welcomed Sir Keir Starmer’s promise to recognise Palestine, saying that “victory and liberation are closer than we expected”.