Tory leader says Palestine recognition ‘rewards terrorism’

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says government’s decision to possibly recognise a Palestinian state is the “wrong thing to do at the wrong time” and “rewards terrorism”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, I just think that Keir Starmer is making this decision, not because of helping the

00:07people in Gaza, but to solve a problem on his own back benches.

00:11It doesn't make any sense.

00:13He's only put conditions on Israel.

00:16There are lawyers saying that this may not even comply with the international law he

00:20says that he is so wedded to.

00:23It doesn't help end the war.

00:24It doesn't bring back hostages.

00:26It's the wrong thing to do at the wrong time.

00:28It rewards terrorism.

00:30We believe in a two-state solution, but you have to do that after a peace settlement,

00:34when you know what the borders are going to be, when you know who's going to be running

00:37one of those states, not just giving a blanket-free pass to Hamas, a terrorist organization.

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