However Sunak advised Piers Morgan in an interview that Cameron’s feedback had been “over-interpreted,” and downplayed the concept U.Ok. coverage had modified.
“Our place is similar,” Sunak mentioned. “David was saying that we’re dedicated to a two-state resolution. We completely are dedicated and that’s been a long-standing place of the U.Ok. authorities.”
Requested straight by Morgan if the U.Ok. would think about recognizing a Palestinian state earlier than the conclusion of any peace course of — as Cameron had hinted the federal government might do — Sunak mentioned the U.Ok. would solely accomplish that “at some extent the place it’s most conducive to the method.”
Cameron confronted a backlash from some Conservative MPs after his feedback.
Former Tory Cupboard minister Theresa Villiers warned within the Home of Commons that “bringing ahead and accelerating unilateral recognition” of a Palestinian state would solely “reward Hamas’ atrocities” following the group’s lethal assault on Israel final October, which led to the continued Israeli assault on Gaza.
Pressed by journalists Monday on whether or not Sunak’s feedback amounted to a “slap down” of the overseas secretary, the PM’s official spokesperson replied within the unfavourable, and insisted the 2 politicians have been aligned on the problem.