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- This article is originally by Middle East Monitor, Republished here under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that his country plans to recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations.
In a Friday post on X, Carney stated: “Canada supports a two-state solution which guarantees peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians.” He added that Ottawa “will work intensively in all fora to further that end, including through the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the UN High-Level Conference on a Two-State Solution in New York next week.
The Prime Minister also said that Canada condemns the Israeli government’s failure to prevent the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian adisaster in the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron declared his intention to recognise the State of Palestine in September 2025.
In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the move, saying that the establishment of a Palestinian state would pose a threat to Israel’s security.
Meanwhile, the Hamas movement welcomed Macron’s intention to recognise Palestine during the UN General Assembly in September.
Hamas described the move as a positive step in the right direction towards justice for the oppressed Palestinian people and support for their legitimate right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all of its occupied territory, with Jerusalem as its capital.
Hmm... I'm not actually seeing anything here that indicates an immediate plan to recognize Palestine as a state. Canada has been a supporter of a two state solution for a long time, but that's only a commitment to working towards Palestine becoming a state, it doesn't immediately imply that they'll follow in France's steps and immediately recognize Palestine as a state. The article offers no further evidence for the claim.
You’re absolutely correct. Canada is not pursuing Palestinian statehood recognition. This statement was the second strongly worded statement against Israel that doesn’t contain any specific actions or steps.
But oh boy, wait until warning #3 comes out! I hear it will be even more strongly worded and still have absolutely zero concrete plans or consequences!
Al Jazeera is reporting that Macron asked the UK and Canada to join France in recognising Palestinian statehood but neither were willing.
Obviously I very much hope that we do, but I agree, the above tweet does not indicate that we're about to do so.
https://aje.io/f4w0aa?update=3858483
Edit: found the original Reuters report https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/frustration-gaza-alarm-drove-macron-go-it-alone-palestine-recognition-2025-07-26/
If they really believed in a two state solution, they would reconize it decades before the genocide. If they really believe in it . They would have stop any military relation with israel way before thr genocide. They would impose as strong sanctions as russia and iran in state level and not just few settlers that are financed by israel government
We just didn't want to look lame compared to France
"Ottawa “will work intensively in all fora to further that end, including through the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the UN High-Level Conference on a Two-State Solution in New York next week"
Yes, I read that part. You clearly didn't. Nothing in there is an immediate commitment to recognize Palestine as a state. At best "work towards a two state solution" means "someday maybe Palestine might get to become a state if we're all feeling really generous."
The recognition vote in the UN is upcoming. How are they supposed to make their stance before the conference.
Well, words would be the usual method. Like, you know, spoken, or written, either is good. That's the usual method of conveying your stance on something. Not really sure what other answer you would be expecting there.
Uhhhh... Like in a tweet?
What was your exit strategy from this reply?
Because if I said "Yes" then your next step is to quote the part of the tweet that you think backs up your assertion. Only, you already did that. And I already pointed out that it doesn't say what you think it says. So in what possible way did you imagine that this line of argument was going to end up with you looking good?
"Canada supports a two state solution"
Name the two states, go on. Say it.
I addressed this back in my original comment. At this point you're just embarrassing yourself and wasting my time. I'm not going to bother replying further, you clearly need to get back to school and learn some basic reading comprehension.
What's the problem, why can't you say the two states being referred to?
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/frustration-gaza-alarm-drove-macron-go-it-alone-palestine-recognition-2025-07-26/
There's a meeting happening next week that Canada has pledged to support Palestine as a state. We'll see next week what comes of it.
I genuinely hope you're right!