Canada Joins Other Countries In Recognizing A Palestinian State Ahead Of UN General Assembly
Toronto (AP) – Canada Recognized A Palestinian state In spite of the US opposition on Sunday, in hope, it paves the way for two states of peace living side by side.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced The social platform X recognizes a Palestinian state in X. England and Australia announced that they did the same on Sunday.
In late July, Carney said he would do it because many Western countries were more and more horrified than the intensified war in Gaza.
Movements come to the forefront UN General Assembly This week, Australia and FranceMoreover It is expected to recognize the Palestinian state.
The official recognition of Palestinian state by Western countries was angry Israel and the US, This strengthens the consensus supporters and rewarded the group Hamas, who leads to October 7, 2023, and attacks Southern Israel, which triggers the war.
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US President Donald Trump He had threatened Canada beforeSaying that Canada’s announcement will “make it very difficult to reach a trade agreement with the northern neighbor of the United States.
Officially recognition pressure increased the Palestinian state French President Emmanuel Macron This summer announced that his country would be the first major Western power to do so in September.
Macron Officially declare France recognizes the Palestinian state at a United Nations Conference in New York, chaired by Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
More than 145 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including more than a dozen in Europe.
Carney said that Canada had previously worked with other states so that Canada does not allow the realization of the possibility of a two -state solution, the realities on the ground, the deaths on the ground, the settlements on the ground, the expropriations on the ground, to the extent that this is not possible ”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejects a two -state solution.
Canada supported the idea of an independent Palestinian state that has existed with Israel for a long time, but he said that recognition should come as part of a two -state solution negotiated to the conflict.
Israel’s bombardment has been killed for the last 23 months More than 65,100 people In Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health of the region, destroyed the large areas of the lane, has displaced about 90% of the population, and disaster caused a human crisis, and experts say Gaza City is experiencing famine.
Forty -eight hostages stay in Gaza, and less than half are still alive. Militants led by Hamas entered Southern Israel October 7, 2023Mostly civilians, including civilians, kill about 1,200 people and miss 251 people.
