Overview

• Prime ministers in London, Ottawa and Canberra announced recognition on September 21, presenting the move as a boost to a negotiated two-state outcome.
• Keir Starmer said recognition restores hope for diplomacy and insisted Hamas must have no role in a future Palestinian government or security.
• Canada’s Mark Carney cited decades of support for two states, called for Hamas to be disarmed and excluded from governance, and criticized Israeli settlement expansion and the Gaza campaign.
• Australia’s Anthony Albanese framed recognition as part of a process requiring a Gaza ceasefire, the release of hostages and conditions for peaceful coexistence.
• France is reported to be organizing a broader joint recognition effort, though Germany and Italy are not expected to join, following a September 12 UN General Assembly resolution that passed 142–10 in support of two-state principles without Hamas in power.