Labour Leaders Say Netanyahu’s Rejection of Palestinian State ‘Unacceptable’

Labour leaders say the party supports a two-state solution while Israel says it has to maintain ’security control' of all land west of River Jordan.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (L) and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy (2nd L) during a meeting with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London on Nov. 27, 2023. Leon Neal/PA Wire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a Palestinian state is “unacceptable,” Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said.

Meanwhile, London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused Mr. Netanyahu of being a “roadblock” to peace on Saturday as Mr. Lammy was heckled by pro-Palestinian activists who demanded he “condemn the genocide” in Gaza.