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Canada plans to recognize Palestinian state, raising allies' pressure on Israel

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OTTAWA/JERUSALEM, July 30 (Reuters) - Canada plans to recognize the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.
The announcement came after France said last week it would recognize a Palestinian state and a day after Britain said it would recognize the state at September's U.N. General Assembly meeting if the fighting in Gaza, part of the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel, had not stopped by then.

Carney told reporters that the reality on the ground, including starvation of people in Gaza, meant "the prospect of a Palestinian state is literally receding before our eyes."
"Canada condemns the fact that the Israeli government has allowed a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza," he said.
Carney said the planned recognition was based in part on repeated assurances from the Palestinian Authority, which represents the State of Palestine at the U.N., that it was reforming its governance and is willing to hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas "can play no part."
The announcements by some of Israel's closest allies reflect growing international outrage over Israel's restrictions on food and other aid to Gaza in its war against Hamas militants, and the dire humanitarian crisis there. A global hunger monitor has warned that a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in the enclave.

The Gaza health ministry reported seven more hunger-related deaths on Wednesday, including a two-year-old girl with an existing health condition. The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza said the Israeli military killed at least 50 people within three hours on Wednesday as they tried to get food from U.N. aid trucks coming into the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel and its closest ally, the U.S., both rejected Carney's statements.
 

Trump escalates trade war with Canada following Palestine stance​


July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be "very hard" to make a deal with Canada after it gave its support to Palestinian statehood.
Trump is set to impose a 35% tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement if the two countries do not reach an agreement by the deadline.
 
In time for the evening news last night. Very very bad news. I was expecting this but it still hurts. I KNEW when Trump pushed for Carney to be elected and destroyed Pierre Poilievre's chances (he was at almost 90% in the lead until Trump meddled) that Carney would do this to Israel.

I didn't sleep well. I don't think this will end well for Canada. I kept waking out of bad dreams all last night.
 
Wow this is all happening so fast. Because we know the bottom line it isn’t really about a Palestinian state, but rather the elimination of the Jewish state.
Even though we know the whole world turns against Israel, I never thought I would ever see Canada like this. And Britain too, of all places. I guess they forgot about 1948 and their declaration. It’s stunning.
 
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