Overview

• The four governments issued formal recognitions that place traditional Israeli partners among more than 140 countries backing Palestinian statehood.
• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move aims to revive prospects for peace and a two-state solution after the devastation in Gaza.
• The U.S. State Department labeled the recognitions a showy gesture and stressed priorities of hostage releases and Israel’s security.
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decisions as opening the way to implement two-state coexistence.
• Israel condemned the announcements, with Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting any Palestinian state west of the Jordan and Itamar Ben-Gvir urging Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority.