Israel has strongly condemned Canada’s plan to acknowledge Palestine as a state, stating that it “rejects Canada’s endorsement of Palestinian statehood.”
“We reject Canada’s endorsement of Palestinian statehood,” Israel’s International Ministry stated.
Israel’s Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed added that Israel is not going to “bow” to “distorted marketing campaign of worldwide strain in opposition to it” or settle for imposition of a jihadist state that threatens its existence.
“Allow us to be clear: Israel is not going to bow to the distorted marketing campaign of worldwide strain in opposition to it. We is not going to sacrifice our very existence by allowing the imposition of a jihadist state on our ancestral homeland that seeks our annihilation,” stated Israel’s Ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed.
Moed asserted that recognizing a Palestinian state within the absence of an accountable authorities rewards and legitimizes the monstrous barbarity of Hamas on October 7, 2023, and punishes each Israeli and Palestinian victims of Hamas, in the end vindicating Hamas.
“Recognizing a Palestinian state within the absence of accountable authorities, functioning establishments, or benevolent management rewards and legitimizes the monstrous barbarity of Hamas on October 7, 2023. It punishes Israeli and Palestinian victims of Hamas, vindicates Hamas’ Western sympathizers fueling antisemitism, and hardens Hamas’ place on the negotiation desk at a most important time,” he added.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and allied Palestinian terrorist teams launched an enormous shock assault on Israel, the deadliest assault on Israeli territory since 1948.
Canada on Wednesday introduced that it’ll formally acknowledge the State of Palestine this September throughout the eightieth United Nations Common Meeting.
“Canada has lengthy been dedicated to a two-state resolution. An unbiased, viable, and sovereign Palestinian state residing aspect by aspect with the State of Israel in peace and safety – that’s the imaginative and prescient we’re reaffirming,” Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Wednesday.
Canada’s transfer follows comparable steps taken by European international locations. France has introduced it’ll formally acknowledge Palestine throughout the UN Common Meeting assembly in September. The UK, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has additionally introduced that it’ll acknowledge Palestine in September except Israel commits to long-term peace.