In recent statements following his fourth visit to the Middle East as British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron indicated that the UK would consider recognising Palestine as a state. Cameron even suggested that UK recognition of an independent state of Palestine could come before any agreement with Israel, including in the United Nations, adding it “can’t come at the start of the process, but it doesn’t have to be the very end of the process”. That suggestion predictably sparked anger within Israel, with one member of Israel’s governing Likud Party likening Cameron to a Nazi appeaser. Yet his c…