Toronto – Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, announced Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday, the last of a series of symbolic ads that are part of a broader global change against Israel’s policies in Gaza.
Carney summoned a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in the palestinian territory. He said he arrived after discussing the crisis with British prime minister Keir Starmer, who announced a similar movement on Tuesday.
The leaders are under growing pressure on the subject, since Gaza hunger scenes have horrified many worldwide.
“The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,” said Carney.
“Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025.
Carney said that the intention is based on the Palestinian authority “celebrating general elections in 2026 in which Hamas cannot play any role and demilitarize the Palestinian state.”
It was not clear immediately how much condition represented Carney’s warning: it is not likely that an choice in the shattered strip is not soon.
The pressure to formally recognize the Palestinian status has increased since the French president Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first important Western power to recognize a Palestinian state in September.
As with France and the United Kingdom, Canadian recognition would be largely symbolic, but it is part of a broader global change against Israel and could increase diplomatic pressure for the end of the conflict.
Malta also joined this group of countries telling a high -level UN meeting on Wednesday that will formally recognize the state of Palestine in September.
More than 140 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including a dozen in Europe. Macron’s announcement last week made France the first group of seven countries, and the largest in Europe, to take that step.
Canada has long supported the idea of an existing independent Palestinian state together with Israel, but has said that recognition should be part of a negotiated solution of two states to the conflict.
