Keir Starmer has been a wretched Prime Minister of Britain. He is now deeply unpopular, but he’s just acquired some new and enthusiastic fans: the jihad terrorists of Hamas. They think Sir Keir has just exhibited wise statesmanship in recognizing, without any preconditions — no need for Hamas to free any of the hostages, for instance, or agree to surrender their weapons — a “state of Palestine.” More on Hamas’ expression of delight at the glad news from 10 Downing Street, in an article by journalist Matthew Syed (whose father, incidentally, was a convert to Christianity, and his mother is Welsh) can be found here: “Hamas sees Keir Starmer’s Palestine statement as vindication for murder,” by Matthew Syed, The Times, September 21, 2025:
…This, by the way, was the Hamas response to Sir Keir Starmer’s statement, perhaps the greatest evocation of glee from within the terrorist group in months. “The fruits of October 7 are what caused the entire world to open its eyes to the Palestinian issue — and they are moving towards it with force,” Ghazi Hamad, a senior operative, said. “That is, that the Palestinian people are a people who deserve a country. The initiative by several countries to recognise a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of October 7. We have proven that victory over Israel is not impossible, and our weapons are a symbol of Palestinian honour.”
So there you have it: Hamas regards the British policy as an explicit vindication of mass murder, of gaining by killing. And it isn’t just this group of psychopaths who see it in these terms. Security insiders tell me that other jihadi networks also regard official British policy as an exoneration of terrorism as they busily recruit across the Middle East via propaganda pumped out daily over social media. One might call it appeasement, although I am not sure this quite does justice to the strategic and moral pusillanimity of what we’re seeing, not just from the British government but the French, Canadians and more….
This decision is not the only one that will come back to haunt Starmer, a man who has proved a dire PM. But this, I fear, is one that will reverberate for years to come.
Comment:
This is all you need to know about Keir Starmer’s recognition of a “state of Palestine”: the British prime minister’s decision has caused fury in Israel, one of Great Britain’s closest and most valuable allies in the war on terror , while Hamas, whose combatants raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered 1,200 people on October 27, 2023, and promises to repeat those attacks “again and again,” is absolutely overjoyed at Starmer’s decision. Shouldn’t Starmer bethink himself, and if he now has Hamas as his grateful claque, begin dimly to comprehend that perhaps he has done something very very wrong?
Big Dude says
Britain will fall
Starmer.. will be judged by history as the fool who brought down civilization.
Westman says
If I remember correctly, Britain once said the Jews deserve a country. Now Starmer thinks that giving Hamas, a band of murderers, the same one after the years of intifadas and wars upon Israel will bring peace? What’s in that noggin?
After this brilliance, let’s hope Starmer doesn’t stumble into a manipuation by Macron and Merz to get the US into direct war with Russia. The EU is broke, and together with the UK can’t raise a decent army. There is panic.
Andy says
The Three Stooges: Starmer, Marcon and you fill in the blanks, the leaders of Ireland, Australia, Canada, or…
Kepha says
Ghazi Hamad is absolutely right. The terrorism of Oct. 7 did cause a rush to recognize Palestinian statehood. It also underscored the utter cowardice of much of Europe’s leadership.
Walter Sieruk says
It might be a possible creation of a “Palestinian state” is ‘in part the fruit of October 7tjh 2023, or on the other hand maybe not. If it is then ” :Palestinian state ” would be evil and dangerous . For the Hamas atrocities of the day were horrendous evil.
As Jesus taught “a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” Matthew 7:18,19 [N.KJ.V.]
It’s very obvious that Hamas is a bad tree the produces bad fruit ,it horrific jihad attack on 10/7/23 and a ‘Palestinian state” that might,or might not be a fruit of those malicious and murderous Muslim terrorist attacks of that terrible day that “state”would have to be another wicked fruit of Hamas . In time, God will cut down that bad tree which is Hamas and throw it into the fire, Hell fire.
Walter Sieruk says
Those Western nations that have leaders who are willing to recognize the fiction of a “Palestinian state” as a “reality.” are men who by doing do so are unconscionably and despicably wrong . As President Trump had ,so rightly and righteously, declared “That is rewarding terrorism.”
We should be thankful to God that not all the leaders of all Western countries have ‘caved in ” Islamic pressure.
tgusa says
The USA has laws against what these countries are doing. Particularly, but not limited to, providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
18 U.S. Code Chapter 113B Part I – TERRORISM
Those countries are in violation of US law and should be sanctioned at the very least. With allies like that who needs enemies?
abu taleb says
So, Hamas is very proud of the butchers, rapes, tortures and kidnaps of civilians including children, women and elderly people.
And UK, Australia and … (I forget the other stooge) are rewarding such crimes. The blood if the 10/7 victims will be on their hands too.
Troybeam says
October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel was the movement within Islam to begin the conquest of all nations they are in.
Dearborn Michigan, where the Muslim mayor told a Christian resident a Pastor he is not welcomed in the city. Muslim population in other states have seriously taken over by birth rate, immigration into nation etc.
Because Islam has grown in these cities the movement to threaten other citizens becomes more prevalent followed with sharia law that begins due to the mass Muslim population. The call to prayer is loudly played 5 times a day.
Europe should have started fighting back against the government years ago about the migration of Islam into their nations now they have a huge battle to protect the sovereignty of their home. Let’s not be Europe.
OLD GUY says
Funny how these people see Ham-Ass the aggressor and murderers of innocent Jewish PEOPLE as the hero’s of mankind. I always thought the violent attackers were the bad guys. I guess right has be come wrong and violence has become peaceful.
Yaakov Holansky says
Fools and Tools, they appear in all strata of Society. Their actions inflict injury upon us proportionate to their station in life. This is why weather it be a Parliamentarian or Republic system of Government, selection of the fittest not the most popular NOT a Clown is Supreme decision making.
Now, we observe the World stage. Recognition of a Palestinian State could NOT have been made at a worse time. This War is the result of an unprovoked attack by commonly recognized terrorist group, Hamas on Sovereign territory and citizens of Israel. A war crime. There was purposeful carnage & rape/murder video/documented by the perpetrators themself. They murdered, raped men, women AND children of ALL ages! They burned to deat a Holocaust survivor, they beheaded babies!!
Now, intentionally or not the UK significant World Power calls for Palestinian. The normal human being picks up the message that this is a reward for good work done. 70+ years the Palestinians were not serious about negotiating Peace with Israel as demonstrated through terror and war! Now bc Israel is serious about erradidicating 1/2 the problem of terror at the source, some nations feel aloof and are trying an end run of imposing a Peace through Statehood. You think think Ink Israel will acced to border changes? Share governance of Jerusalem?I guess The UK Australia & Canada plan to send troops
Sharon L Kowalski says
The first thing that struck me was the zebiba on that guy’s head. A lot of head banging probably cause a lot of damage to the frontal lobe of the brain. Damage to it can cause emotional problems and behavior problems – and I suppose that is what that allah-thing likes!!
bill says
Mr Fitzgerald. Your claim is not quite accurate. I am no fan of Starmer on any level but he did say that it depended on the complete release of all hostages and the non invovement of Hamas in any future govt. of the so called palestinian state. Starmer and all the other so called leaders know very well that Hamas is not going to agree to that, so it is all just posturing. What they should be doing is giving Israel their full support, that is what would convey the right message to Hamas.
gravenimage says
Bill, I would be *very* surprised if Starmer stood by this.
gravenimage says
Hamas: ‘The Initiative by Several Countries to Recognize a Palestinian State Is One of the Fruits of October 7’
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Grimly, this is not wrong–reward for kidnapping, rapng, and murdering Israelis.