Starmer hopes his ‘pathway to peace’ will end war in Gaza. History suggests he may struggle | Gaza
By: Daniel Boffey Chief reporter | Published: 2025-07-30 04:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The former British prime minister Harold Macmillan once said that there was no problem in the Middle East because a problem has a solution. Keir Starmer is the latest incumbent in No 10 to try to prove Macmillan wrong through a plan that has been described by Downing Street as “pathway to peace” for Gaza and the wider region. The record of Britain’s previous interventions do not augur well.
The Balfour declaration of November 1917
The famous commitment drafted by the then British foreign secretary Sir Arthur James Balfour, to “view with favour the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people”, was integrated into Britain’s UN mandate over Palestine between 1923 and 1948 and paved the way for…
