Ottawa stated that its recognition is conditioned on a series of reforms by PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.
Canada
Mark Carney’s comments “only serve to embolden those who wish to use the conflict between Israel and Hamas as an excuse to incite hate and sow division.”
And why, many Israelis wonder, hasn’t Trump stepped in to end this madness?
The governments of the three countries demand Israel halt military action in Gaza; Netanyahu reacts sharply: “Invitation to further atrocities.”
“I reiterated to him my great concern over the intolerable wave of antisemitic attacks against the Canadian Jewish community,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
“At least in Israel, we have the Iron Dome. Canada, you have Justin Trudeau,” wrote the human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.
“This ill-considered endorsement of the ICC’s politically motivated actions is a slap in the face to our ally and to every innocent Israeli still being held hostage,” wrote Leo Housakos, a Quebec senator.
“I think the idea of allowing a genocidal, theocratic, unstable dictatorship, that is desperate to avoid being overthrown by its own people, to develop nuclear weapons is about the most dangerous and irresponsible thing that the world could ever allow,” said Pierre Poilievre.
“It’s regrettable that the Canadian government is taking a step that undermines Israel’s right to self-defense against Hamas terrorists,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the IDF of “killing women, children and babies” in the Gaza Strip.