Canada will recognise Palestinian state at UN, PM says

Canada had long stated it would only recognise a Palestinian state at the conclusion of peace talks with Israel. 

But Carney said the reality on the ground, including starvation of citizens in Gaza, meant "the prospect of a Palestinian state is literally receding before our eyes".

Among the reasons, he said, were "the pervasive threat of Hamas terrorism to Israel," accelerated settlement building across the West Bank and East Jerusalem and a vote by the Knesset calling for the annexation of the West Bank.

"Canada condemns the fact that the Israeli government has allowed a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza," he said.