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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Hope for peace or terrorist appeasement? Two experts weigh in on Canada recognizing Palestinian statehood
Description: On July 30, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that, come September, Canada will officially recognize Palestine as a state, during the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. In making the announcement in Ottawa earlier this week, Carney said he had received three “commitments” from the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas: to hold elections in 2026, to reform the P.A.’s governance and to demilitarize the territories.
Carney said Canada couldn’t wait any longer for a two-state solution to happen on its own, and needed to act quickly. Why? Because Hamas continues to pose a “pervasive threat” to...