India, Sept. 24 -- At the 80th United Nations General Assembly, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Andorra and Belgium officially recognised the State of Palestine, joining Canada, Australia, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

London's announcement, delivered on September 21, 2025, marked a historic shift more than a century after the Balfour Declaration and 77 years after Israel's creation in the former British Mandate of Palestine.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the decision was intended to "keep alive the possibility of peace and of a two-state solution" amid Israel's intensifying settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and its ongoing military campaign in Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians.

The endorseme...