US President Donald Trump said during a state visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday that he disagreed with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state, amid reports that Starmer is gearing up to do so once the US president has departed the country.
Speaking at a press conference alongside the British leader outside London, Trump said he had “a few disagreements with the prime minister on that score, one of our few disagreements, actually. Starmer said that he and Trump nevertheless agreed on the ultimate aim of peace in the region.
“We absolutely agree on the need for peace and a road map,” said the British leader, calling on Gaza’s terror groups to release the remaining 48 hostages and for Israel to surge aid into the war-torn territory. “Because the situation in Gaza is intolerable.”Turning to the matter of the hostages, Trump said he wanted all of them released immediately, in one phase, “not one, not two, or ‘We’ll give you three tomorrow.'”
“We have to have the hostages back immediately,” he said. “That’s what the people of Israel want. And we want the fighting to stop,” said Trump, “and it’s going to stop.” During his opening remarks, Trump said that the US was “working very hard on Israel and Gaza and all that’s happening over there,” and that it was “going to get done.” (Read More)
