Toronto (AP) – Canada has been recognized Palestinian state Despite opposition from the US, it hopes on Sunday it paves the way for peace based on the two states that live side by side.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced On social platform X, where Canada recognised the Palestinian state. The UK and Australia also announced that they were doing the same thing on Sunday.
Already in late July, Carney said he would do so as many Western countries are increasingly disappointed by the fierce wars in Gaza.
Movement comes beyond that United Nations General Assembly This week we have other countries including Australia. France,that’s right It is expected to recognize the Palestinian state.
Formal recognition of the Palestinian state by Western countries has been angered Israel and the United States, This perception spreads extremists, rewarding Hamas, the group leading October 7, 2023, and attacks southern Israel, which sparked war.
US President Donald Trump Previously, he threatened CanadaCanada’s announcement says it will be “very difficult” for the US to reach a trade deal with its north neighbours.
The pressure to formally recognize Palestinian nationality has since increased. French President Emmanuel Macron This summer, it announced that his country will become the first major Western force to do so in September.
Macron is I’ll officially declare it France recognized the Palestinian state on Monday at a UN conference in New York, which co-chaired with Saudi Arabia at the start of the UN General Assembly.
Over 145 countries in Europe, including more than 12 people, already recognize Palestine.
Carney previously said Canada is working with other provinces. “To maintain the possibility of a two-state solution, we should not allow facts on the ground, death on the ground, settlements on the ground, expropriation on the ground, to reach the extent that this is impossible.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has rejected a solution for the two states.
Canada has long supported the idea of an independent Palestinian state that exists with Israel, but it says recognition should come as part of the two negotiated state solution to the conflict.
Israeli artillery fires have been killed for the past 23 months Over 65,100 people In Gaza, the territorial health ministry said it destroyed a vast area of the strip, expelled about 90% of its population, causing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, and experts say Gaza city is experiencing hunger.
There are 48 hostages remaining in Gaza, with less than half still alive. Hamas-led extremists have entered southern Israel October 7, 2023killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians and acquiring 251 others.
