The UK's recognition of a Palestinian state has a pre-condition that there is no Hamas involvement in that state ... the recognition of a Palestinian state and the reversal of illegal settlements in the West Bank should have happened long before the events of October 7th ...
He bangs on about Leicester winning the league against all odds. I bang on about Israel winning in 1948 against all odds. Similar vibes.
...conveniently swerves around the fact that all the remaining hostages could also have been released if Israel had agreed to an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal... it was put on the table but Benny and the Jets were not receptive ... now if they had truly prioritised the return of their own....
Canada to follow France and the UK in recognising a Palestinian state ... momentum builds... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqyx35d9x2o
Yeah weird that. My first few times in Jamaica, I thought there was an unusual amount of French people went there until I learned from the English speaking Canadians that they were actually from Quebec.
Yeah, Canada was a French colony back in the 1500's. Most places you go in Canada they are bilingual.
Some of Britain's most distinguished lawyers have warned the UK government that recognising a Palestinian state would breach international law. In a letter to Lord Hermer, the attorney general, a group of 40 members of the House of Lords, many of them lawyers, write that proceeding with recognition would be "contrary to international law" because important criteria have not been met.
Trump is at it again. US President Donald Trump says it will be "very hard" to make a trade deal with Canada, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to recognise a Palestinian state. Trump's trade threat comes a day before higher tariffs on countries without a US trade deal are set to begin. Canada will face a 35% tariffs on most goods it sells to the US from Friday, if a deal is not reached today.
