UK TOLD RECOGNISING PALESTINE IS A MISTAKE – Starmer told recognition would Destabilise International Law

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that recognising a Palestinian state would “destabilise” the international legal order.

Malcolm Shaw KC, a leading lawyer, said that the recognition plan “would create a troublesome precedent and could well challenge and ultimately destabilise an international system founded upon a common understanding of what it is to be a state”.

The fresh legal opinion, was circulated to the Prime Minister, Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, and dozens of influential Labour MPs.

It was commissioned by Lord Mendelsohn, the Labour peer, in response to Sir Keir’s decision to recognise a State of Palestine in September unless Israel meets certain conditions.

The warning comes after Hamas made it clear it will not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established.

Mr Shaw’s legal opinion says the Prime Minister’s plan to recognise the state of Palestine is “premature and may have unintended consequences” and that it “confuses and distorts” any attempt at a peaceful two-state solution.