“Preserving a two-state solution means standing with all people who choose peace over violence or terrorism, and honouring their innate desire for the peaceful co-existence of Israeli and Palestinian states as the only roadmap for a secure and prosperous future,” Carney said during a news conference on Wednesday.

He said Canada would formally recognize the state of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

Carney said Hamas can have no role in the election he is proposing. He also reiterated that Hamas needs to release the remaining Israeli hostages and said a Palestinian state must be demilitarized.

    • Grabthar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      Because the UN General Assembly takes summer holidays too. No matter how eager Carney may be to declare it, he still has to wait for the UNGA to resume in September.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    I remember last year when people were saying that Gaza will be ignored until it’s too big to ignore. I remember because I was one of those people. They’re doing this because they knew it was wrong to begin with but are now trying to save face and say “See? We were the good guys the whole time!” Do not let them forget that they let this happen when they could have stopped it at any time.

    By the way, I’m not throwing shade towards Canada specifically. This was the stance of pretty much every western country and they are all guilty.

    • Godort@lemmy.caEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      By the way, I’m not throwing shade towards Canada specifically.

      Please throw shade towards us. Our lack of action here was largely because we wanted to stay on good terms with the US, who made their position abundantly clear.

      Our government calculated that there would be harm done to our country if the US decided to twist some economic screws. But then Trump was elected and it happened anyway and we look like patsies.

  • appropriateghost@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    ok so will they:

    1. Disarm Israel from being able to commit its genocide and ethnic cleansing?

    2. Not allow Israel to continue to maintain and expand its settlements, all illegal under international law?

    3, Sanction Israel until it dismantles its non-democratic and exclusionary state based on ethnonationalist exclusionary politics?

    4, Ensure the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants living many living in refugee camps and are stateless people, and allow them to return into their homes since the 1948 nakba?

    1. Work on an international framework to ensure just reparations for the Palestinians are ensured?

    I don’t think they will do anything close to any of those points and this is just mere political posturing to protect themselves from allowing a genocide to happen while the ‘international community’ stood and watched and did nothing.

    It’s a bit insulting how they think they can dictate the terms of justice with their vague statements.

    It’s been decades many states have recognized Palestine as a state. Look where we are at today.