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CTV News
31-07-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
PM Carney say Canada will recognize Palestinian state in September
Video Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will recognize the Palestinian state in September over 'intolerable' human suffering in Gaza.
The Guardian
31-07-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Trump threatens Canada on trade deal after Carney moves to recognise Palestine
Donald Trump has threatened Canada after it moved to recognise a Palestinian state, reacting to Mark Carney's announcement by saying that signing a US trade deal would now be 'very hard'. The Canadian prime minister said on Wednesday that if the Palestinian Authority promised to meet certain conditions, including demilitarising and holding elections without Hamas, Canada would join France, the UK and other allies in formally recognising a state of Palestine at the UN general assembly in New York in September. Trump, who had appeared to give tacit approval to the UK prime minster, Keir Starmer, for Britain's own declaration earlier in the week, has since reacted to the growing movement toward recognising Palestine by doubling down on his support of Israel's position, saying that doing so 'rewards Hamas'. 'The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,' Carney said in his announcement. He said the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, had assured him it could meet the goals he had laid out, but acknowledged that 'much has to happen before a democratic viable state is established'. 'The deepening suffering of civilians leaves no room for delaying coordinated international action to support peace, security and the dignity of human life,' Carney said on Wednesday. Israel has been accused of refusing to allow international organisations to bring aid into Gaza, where dozens of people have starved to death in recent days, with images of emaciated children horrifying the world. Trump, however, reacted to Carney's decision by posting on social media: 'Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them.' Sign up to Headlines US Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion Trump is to impose a 35% tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement if the two countries do not reach an agreement by the deadline on Friday. Carney had already noted that it was unlikely for any Canada-US trade deal to avoid tariffs entirely, despite Canada being the largest buyer of US exports. Trump has echoed Israel's position that recognising Palestine 'is rewarding terrorists', as Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada, told Canada's public broadcaster CBC. With many of his supporters increasingly opposing Israel's war in Gaza, Trump previously criticised the UK's plan to grant recognition as 'rewarding Hamas', telling journalists on Air Force One that the US was 'not in that camp'. Trump also said: 'You're rewarding Hamas if you do that. I don't think they should be rewarded.' Trump's latest broadside at Canada comes amid other attempts to use tariffs as leverage over the domestic and foreign policies of other nations. He has promised to raise tariffs on Brazil to 50%, linking it to the prosecution of his ally, Jair Bolsonaro, and recently threatened 15% additional tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, having fallen out with Putin over the war in Ukraine. Thursday's announcement of a US trade deal with Thailand and Cambodia also followed Trump's demand that the two sides end the military skirmishes that broke out last week.
The Independent
30-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Canada to recognize Palestinian State in September, PM says
Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced. Carney made the announcement on Wednesday, following France and the UK in a shift towards a broader global shift against Israel's policies in Gaza. 'The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,' Carney said.
Daily Mail
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Canada becomes latest nation to plan on recognizing Palestinian state amid 'human suffering' in Gaza
Canada will become the latest nation to recognize a Palestinian state amid the ongoing 'human suffering' in Gaza as a result of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that Canada will formally recognize the state of Palestine in September as part of a broader global shift against Israel 's policies in Gaza. He convened a Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in the battered Palestinian territory. Carney was inspired to make a change after discussing the crisis with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced a similar move on Tuesday. Scenes of hunger and starvation have trickled out of Gaza amid a longstanding Israeli blockade which is preventing supplies from entering the territory en masse. 'The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,' Carney said. 'Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025.' Carney said the intention is predicated on the Palestinian Authority 'holding general elections in 2026 in which Hamas can play no part, and to demilitarize the Palestinian state.' Pressure to formally recognize Palestinian statehood has mounted since French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to do so in September. As with France and the U.K., Canadian recognition would be largely symbolic, but it's part of a broader global shift against Israel and could increase diplomatic pressure for an end to the conflict. More than 140 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including a dozen in Europe. Macron's announcement last week made France the first Group of Seven country - and the largest in Europe - to take that step. Canada has long supported the idea of an independent Palestinian state existing alongside Israel, but has said recognition should come as part of a negotiated two–state solution to the conflict. Carney's announcement puts him in lockstep with Starmer, who this week said the UK's recognition of Palestine would go ahead in September 'unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza.' Starmer said this included Israel reaching a ceasefire, making clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and committing to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution. The PM said now was 'the moment to act' on recognition of a Palestinian state due to the 'increasingly intolerable situation in Gaza'. He 'reiterated that there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas' and that Britain's demands on Hamas remain. This includes the terror group - which carried out brutal attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 - releasing all remaining hostages, signing up to a ceasefire, accepting they will play no role in the government of Gaza, and disarming themselves. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely opposed the move, saying Starmer has rewarded 'Hamas's monstrous terrorism' while punishing its victims. 'A jihadist state on Israel's border today will threaten Britain tomorrow. Appeasement towards jihadist terrorists always fails. It will fail you too. It will not happen,' the Israeli PM added. Israel's Foreign Ministry echoed Netanyahu's words, adding: 'The shift in the British government's position at this time... constitutes a reward for Hamas and harms efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and a framework for the release of hostages.'
