It's inevitable ... it's about time

US President Donald Trump expressed his disagreement with recognition during a state visit to the UK last week
and a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer [File: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

It's inevitable and ... it's about time.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the United Kingdom’s decision to formally recognise a Palestinian state more than 100 years after the Balfour Declaration backed “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”, and 77 years after the creation of Israel in the British Mandate of Palestine.

“In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East, we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and of a two-state solution,” Starmer said in a video statement Sunday.

The historic move comes as Canada and Australia also officially recognised Palestinian statehood two days before the start of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where Palestinian sovereignty after decades of occupation and apartheid by Israel will be in focus.

In closing ...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said “today’s historic decision, taken alongside some of our closest allies, to recognise a Palestinian State, reflects our unwavering commitment to a two-state solution and affirms the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.”

As stated before, it's inevitable and ... it's about time.