Labour U-Turns on Whether Hamas Hostages Must Be Released to Recognise Palestine – Guido Fawkes

Labour U-Turns on Whether Hamas Hostages Must Be Released to Recognise Palestine

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Starmer said in his televised speech on 29 July:

“Meanwhile, our message to the terrorists of Hamas is unchanged and unequivocal. They must immediately release all the hostages, sign up to a ceasefire, disarm and accept that they will play no part in the government of Gaza. We will make an assessment in September on how far the parties have met these steps.”

That has now changed. He said today the release of hostages is a “long standing demand, and we are working with others to do everything we can to get those hostages released… We are going to have to assess, in September, all of the factors in relation to recognition, but this is effectively a pathway to recognition.” Jonathan Reynolds was more stark on the BBC:

“Hamas is a terrorist organisation and we don’t put conditions on them because we don’t negotiate with terrorists.”

That is a complete U-turn and also nonsensical because the UK regularly makes demands of Hamas. Falling apart…