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Foreign Ministry slams Canadian announcement on Palestine recognition as ‘reward for Hamas’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israel “rejects” Canada’s announcement that it will recognize a Palestinian state, says the Foreign Ministry.
“The change in the position of the Canadian government at this time is a reward for Hamas and harms the efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and a framework for the release of the hostages,” says the ministry on X, shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would make the move at the UN General Assembly in September.
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