Palestinians inspect a school, which was sheltering displaced people, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, September 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
MPs at the House of Commons foreign affairs committee have voted to study the quickest path to federal government recognition of a Palestinian state.Palestinians inspect a school, which was sheltering displaced people, after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City on September 21, 2024. MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee have voted to study the quickest path to federal government recognition of a Palestinian state.
The motion's wording supports a "two-state solution where a safe and secure state of Israel lives side by side with a safe and secure state of Palestine." It calls on the committee to "dedicate no more than four meetings to immediately study the issue of how the Government of Canada can advance the recognition of the State of Palestine within a two-state solution.
The G7 foreign ministers issued a media statement Tuesday in which they "reaffirmed their unwavering commitment ... to the vision of a two-state solution where two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace within secure and recognized borders." The statement also stressed "the importance of unifying the Gaza strip with the West Bank under Palestinian Authority.
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