On September 21, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada officially recognizes the State of Palestine, aligning with over 140 UN member states. This decision, made ahead of the UN General Assembly, has been met with criticism, particularly from Israel, which views the move as a reward for Hamas and a setback for peace efforts. Carney emphasized that the recognition is contingent upon the Palestinian Authority holding elections in 2026 and excluding Hamas from governance (Reuters).
Critics argue that this recognition overlooks the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They point out that Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has a history of violence and has been designated as a terrorist organization by Canada. The decision to recognize Palestine without addressing Hamas’s role raises questions about the effectiveness of such diplomatic gestures in promoting peace and stability in the region.
Furthermore, some view this move as a political maneuver to distance Canada from its traditional ally, the United States, and to align more closely with European nations that have recognized Palestinian statehood. However, without a comprehensive strategy that includes addressing the influence of Hamas and ensuring the security of all parties involved, this recognition may be seen as a symbolic gesture rather than a step toward a lasting resolution to the conflict.
References
- Reuters: Carney says Canada recognises a Palestinian state
- AP News: Canada joins other countries in recognizing a Palestinian state ahead of UN General Assembly
- New York Post: Canada, UK and Australia all recognize Palestinian state as rebuke to Israel for Gaza war
- Washington Post: U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S.
- Al Jazeera: Canada, UK and Australia announce recognition of Palestinian statehood
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September 25, 2025 at 6:18 am
tildeb
Stupid is as stupid does.
But we’re to assume it’s entirely reasonable to look to the PA’s Mahmoud Abbas – now serving his 20th year of a 4 year term – as the leader of this new ‘country’ that doesn’t have a people, a shared ethnicity, a shared religion, a shared language, a shared culture, a shared history, or a shared homeland. Poof! A new country… of no boundaries made up from disparate anti-Zionist refugees. And Israel gets to absorb the whole problem while all the neighbouring countries refuse to address the very problem they helped to create. Good on Canada to join the flock of virtue signallers and reward Hamas with promises of statehood for its war of mass murder, terrorism, and war crimes. Such Good Guys but dumb as a bag of bricks trying to appeal to its domestic population of Hamas lovers they allowed into the country to curry political favour from them for this obscenity.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:25 am
makagutu
Wow Tildeb. Is this a present day rewrite of history?what has the two state solution been about? And before the creation of Israel, you mean to say there was no people living there just refugees? My history is limited to only around L. Victoria.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:52 pm
tildeb
Hey Mak, no rewrite. But perhaps you are unfamiliar? Perhaps you don’t know those who remained became Israeli citizens (which is about 25% of the population of Israel). So the question, really, is why don’t you know this, too?
Another question you might want to consider is why has the two state solution offered and supported by Israel (I think 7 times now?) for a homeland for these people who literally fled their supposed ‘homeland’ (including the large number of itinerant workers, apparently from invading Arab armies) always been rejected by those same ‘Palestinians’? It’s almost like they are being used for some other reason/purpose than finding a path to peace and prosperity for all. (And yes, the ‘founding people’ we call ‘Palestinians’ came into being as a group different from the Jews – regardless of being a mixture of all kinds of Arabs from all over the region under Jordanian and Egyptian control – only after Yasser Arafat declared them so in the 60s. Literally there is no connection to being a people of common heritage EXCEPT as ‘refugees’.)
Certainly we in the west are bombarded by the ‘Palestinian’s’ only alternative (final) solution that is acceptable to them: from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free… which by starting position eliminates any other state’s right to exist including Israel. Isn’t that really a call to genocide? Is that reasonable or grounds to consider statehood? From this baked in and hardened position, (as Clinton said) “the ‘Palestinians’ never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Yet suddenly this state will magically appear out of nowhere as if reasonable because Canada and Australia and other virtue signalling heads of state suddenly think it’s a good idea? (Parliament in Canada voted this very proposal down in 2024 but why let democracy get in the way of a good signal?) Umm… the only common thread here widely shared by these refugees is a dedication to the elimination of Israel. That’s it. The son of one of Hamas’ founders tells us there is no meaningful difference between ‘Palestinian’ and Hamas. Seeing the evidence play out with thousands of Gazans raping, pillaging, murdering, and taking hostages seems to grant this some justification. So authorities supposedly representing these folk will execute anyone who disagrees like they did earlier this week surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of Gazans cheering them on. That’s who is on the other side of the negotiating table. As Golda Meir quite rightly pointed out, “You cannot negotiate peace with someone who has come to kill you.”
Put another way, when do YOU think Palestinians will vote to become Zionists (recognize the right for the state of Israel to exist)? Because that’s just ONE of the preconditions necessary to achieve actual statehood. That’s why all of this is just virtue signalling of the worst kind.
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