Starmer under pressure over 'flawed' peace plan for Gaza as Labour MPs turn on PM
The Prime Minister was warned by all sides that his intention to recognise the state of Palestine unless Israel meets his conditions represented gesture politics and risked rewarding Hamas.
He faced demands to spell out if he will still go ahead with the move by September if, as expected, the terror group refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages.
And the PM was accused of failing to say what borders the UK would recognise or if Hamas would be allowed to play any role in the proposed state.
Even some Labour MPs are now urging Sir Keir to reconsider his proposals.
Sir Sadiq Khan told LBC: 'Recognition should not be a bargaining chip. It's an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.'
Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel told the Mail: 'Labour has failed to produce a coherent plan which specifies how the UK will end Hamas's reign of terror and disband from any future government.
Keir Starmer is under pressure to explain how his peace plan will work amid a growing backlash
The PM was accused of failing to say what borders the UK would recognise or if Hamas would be allowed to play any role in the proposed state. Pictured: Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel on Wednesday
Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, said: 'Recognition should not be a bargaining chip. It's an inalienable right of the Palestinian people'
'They have not mapped out which borders will be recognised by the UK, or which capital or government will be in charge. No thought has been given to the real diplomatic implications.'
Pro-Israel Labour MPs raised concerns with No 10 about the failure to set conditions on Hamas.
One told the Daily Mail: 'The whole thing makes me very uncomfortable because it's not the right time.'
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'This is about the Palestinian people. It's about getting aid in to those starving children.'
