Keir Starmer meets chief Palestinian diplomat in the UK

Speaking at the Jewish Labour Movement’s annual conference in January, shadow Middle East minister Bambos Charalambous - who has since been suspended from the party following a complaint - said the move remained Labour policy post-Jeremy Corbyn.

He said: “We would recognise a Palestinian state, as things stand. Obviously what that looks like would depend on where we are if and when there is a Labour government. 

“Hopefully that would help kick-start any sort of talks around working towards a two-state solution. Because at the moment nothing is happening.”

Zomlot has previously said that Labour’s response to Israeli strikes against militant groups in Gaza let down Palestinians.

“We expected clarity of position about the atrocities that Israel has committed against our people,” he told the Middle East Eye in June 2021.

Of Sir Keir’s call for then Prime Minister Boris Johnson to recognise a Palestinian state at a G7 summit, he said: “We recognise that that's a good step by the Labour leadership but we expect much more of Labour.”

In February this year, Zomlot refused to condemn a terror attack that took the lives of seven Israelis, despite being asked repeatedly if he would do so.

Both during and after the interview, the Palestinian representative accused the media of "bias" in reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Zomlot was born in the Gaza Strip and previously led the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s mission in the United States, before it was closed under President Donald Trump’s administration. In 2010, Corbyn spoke at his wedding.