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Trump Rejects Starmer’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State: a ‘Reward for Hamas’

Breitbart.com reports: “President Donald Trump disagreed Tuesday with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would recognize a Palestinian state in September, calling it a ‘reward for Hamas.’

Trump responded to Starmer while on Air Force One en route back to the United States after a visit to Scotland, during which he sealed a trade deal with the European Union and brokered peace, from a distance, between Thailand and Cambodia.

Though the two leaders had seemed to be on the same page at a Monday press conference regarding Gaza, Starmer took an extra step — one he had not signaled in advance, Trump said…

Trump’s language paralleled that of Israel’s foreign ministry, which likewise called Starmer’s announcement a ‘reward for Hamas.’ Starmer followed in the wake of French President Emmanuel Macron, who made a similar announcement last week. The UK prime minister also said that he expected Hamas to release all of its hostages, to disarm, and to accept that it could not participate in any future Palestinian government…”

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