The U.K. could officially recognize a Palestinian state without waiting for any Israeli-Palestinian talks on a two-state solution to bear fruit, Britain’s foreign secretary said, Paralel.Az reports citing Politico.

David Cameron, who this week talked up U.K. recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations in a significant shift of British government policy, said no such move could come while Hamas remains in Gaza.

But he made clear that the U.K. could offer recognition without protracted talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on a two-state solution coming to a head. Such talks appear a distant prospect given staunch opposition from Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to the idea as his country wages an assault on Gaza following deadly attacks by Hamas.