Johnathan Paoli
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Britain was ready to formally recognise a Palestinian state and that Palestinians had to be given a political horizon to encourage peace in the region.
Lord Cameron made the remarks at the beginning of his fourth visit to the region since being appointed foreign secretary in November last year.
The foreign secretary also urged Israel to allow more humanitarian support into Gaza and said it was “ludicrous” that vital British and other aid was being sent back at the border.
Cameron said that the last 30 years had been a story of failure for Israel because it had failed to provide security to its citizens and that only by recognising that failure, would there be peace and progress.
“We have a responsibility there because we should be starting to set out what a Palestinian state would look like, what it would
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