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Jul 2025
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Why Palestinian statehood won’t stop the...

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Will recognising a Palestinian state help the people of Gaza?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK would recognise the state of Palestine in September if Israel does not accept certain conditions, including a ceasefire – but what will this actually mean? 


Yalda thinks that there are better ways to pressure the Israeli government into allowing more aid into Gaza, and she tells Richard what these are. 


Richard has also been doing some research into the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid points and tells Yalda what he has found out. 


Yalda also speaks to the author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, The Economist’s Israel correspondent, Anshel Pfeffer. He tells Yalda why the prime minister has no plan for the war or what comes after. 

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