{"id":24322,"date":"2025-09-22T05:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24322"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:32:10","slug":"canada-australia-and-portugal-join-the-uk-in-recognising-palestinian-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24322","title":{"rendered":"Canada, Australia, and Portugal join the UK in recognising Palestinian statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recognition of Palestine from Canada and Australia comes in coordination with the UK before the UN General Assembly meeting this week.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Canada, Australia, and Portugal have\u00a0joined the United Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0in formally recognising Palestinian statehood as Israel plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and intensifies its war on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement on Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the recognition of a Palestinian state and offered \u201cour partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carney added that the Israeli government was working \u201cmethodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestinian state from ever being established\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecognising the State of Palestine, led by the Palestinian Authority, empowers those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas. This in no way legitimises terrorism, nor is it any reward for it,\u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the Palestinian Authority provided \u201cdirect commitments\u201d to Canada on reforming its governance; holding general elections next year, which Hamas \u201ccan play no part\u201d in; and demilitarising the Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Australia announced that it was also recognising Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australia said its recognition alongside Canada\u2019s and the UK\u2019s was part of an international effort for a two-state solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albanese said in a joint statement with Foreign Minister Penny Wong that the decision was meant to revive momentum for a two-state solution that begins with a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of captives held in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the statement reiterated that Hamas must have \u201cno role in Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later on Sunday, Portugal\u2019s Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel confirmed that his country had also recognised Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe recognition of the state of Palestine is the realisation of a fundamental, constant, and fundamental line of Portuguese foreign policy,\u201d Rangel said at the UN headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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