Gaza peace deal not possible without Trump, says Starmer

The Gaza bid woody would not person been imaginable without US President Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Speaking successful the House of Commons the time aft the bid woody was signed, the premier curate said: "Let nary 1 beryllium successful immoderate uncertainty that nary of this would person been imaginable without President Trump.

"This is his bid deal, delivered, of course, with President Sisi of Egypt, the Emir of Qatar and President Erdogan."

Sir Keir added: "I've had the accidental to accidental that to him [President Trump] publically and besides privately, because, arsenic you know, we get along, and that is bully for our narration with the US."

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Following claims the UK had thing to bash with the bid deal, Sir Keir added that his authorities "offered the UK's afloat support" to getting the bid woody implicit the line.

"We've worked down the scenes for months with the US, Arab and European nations to assistance present a ceasefire, get the hostages out, get assistance successful and unafraid a amended aboriginal for Israel, Gaza and the West Bank," helium said.

"I'm arrogant of our contribution."

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Hours earlier the woody was signed, US peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff said the UK played a "vital role" aft a tit-for-tat erstwhile the US ambassador for Israel accused furniture curate Bridget Phillipson of being "delusional" for saying the UK played a "key role".

He reiterated caput of authorities Marco Rubio's earlier assertion that the UK and others recognising Palestine delayed the bid woody by 2 months.

UK acceptable to assistance bid plan

Sir Keir said the UK is "in a presumption to play this relation precisely due to the fact that of the attack this authorities takes".

He said that includes the UK's designation of a Palestinian authorities past month, which helium said got Arab nations to condemn the 7 October attacks.

Sir Keir said the UK stands acceptable "to deploy our diplomacy and expertise successful 3 areas" to guarantee bid lasts.

Those areas are:

• Support the reconstruction of Gaza

• Support transitional governance arrangements successful Gaza

• Draw connected the UK's acquisition successful Northern Ireland to decommission Hamas weapons and capability.

The PM said the UK volition assistance to present the 20-point bid program "in full".

Badenoch: UK was not astatine bosom of efforts

Conservative person Kemi Badenoch said Monday was "truly momentous" and thanked the US administration.

However, she said: "It saddens maine that the premier minister's connection does not look to amusement that the UK was astatine the bosom of immoderate of these efforts specifically.

"It is rather wide that UK relations with Israel person been strained by the actions of this government."

She said relations with Israel "have been truthful damaged" that erstwhile Israel launched strikes against Iran "the UK was retired of the loop".

And she accused the authorities of a "moral failure", quoting erstwhile British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari.

"I'm amazed to perceive the premier curate accidental successful his connection that it was a publication to this bid deal," she added.

"We each cognize that the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, condemned this recognition, saying it had made ceasefire negotiations harder."