US State Department labels recognition of Palestinian state by UK and other allies 'performative': Report
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A protester waves a Palestinian flag during a march asking for the "recognition of the State of Palestine and the end of the genocide", in Paris on September 21, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)
The United States has dismissed the recognition of a Palestinian state by its allies, including Britain, Australia, and Canada, as "performative gestures."
The United States on Sunday (Sep 21) called the recognition of a Palestinian state by several of its key allies — including Britain, Australia, and Canada — "performative." This comes as, days earlier, US President Donald Trump, after talks with UK PM Keir Starmer, had called Palestinian recognition “one of our few disagreements.”
What did the US say?
Speaking to news agency AFP, a US State Department spokesperson, while addressing the recent recognition of a Palestinian state by Britain, Australia, Canada, and Portugal, said that America's "focus remains on serious diplomacy, not performative gestures."
"Our priorities are clear: the release of the hostages, the security of Israel, and peace and prosperity for the entire region that is only possible free from Hamas," said the State Department personnel while speaking on condition of anonymity.
Palestinians hail move, Netanyahu says Palestinian state would never exist
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Meanwhile, Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza hailed the move as a long overdue affirmation of their existence, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that a Palestinian state would never be allowed to emerge.
“It will not happen. No Palestinian state will be established west of the Jordan River,” Netanyahu said in a televised address, denouncing the recognition push as “absurd” and a danger to Israel’s survival. He vowed instead to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, which Israel has controlled since 1967 in defiance of international law.
While the UK and Canada are the first members of the G7 to take the step, three-quarters of UN member states already recognise Palestine. At least 145 of the 193 member countries have done so, according to an AFP tally.
