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Hope for peace or terrorist appeasement? Two experts weigh in on Canada recognizing Palestinian statehood

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JL;DR SUMMARY Canada's announcement to recognize Palestine as a state has sparked significant debate in the Jewish community, with Prime Minister Carney outlining conditions agreed upon with the Palestinian Authority. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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HamasPalestineIsraeli SettlementsJewish OrganizationsTwo State SolutionCanadaConflict ResolutionMiddle East PolicyInternational DiplomacyState Recognition

Places mentioned

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"That's Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa Wednesday announcing Canada is moving to recognize the state of Palestine when the UN General Assembly meets in New York in about six weeks from now, after Labor Day."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"John Allen was Canada's ambassador to Israel from 2006 to 2016. He's now with the Monk School of Global Affairs at the U of T. He joins me now from Toronto."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz comes an unprecedented exhibition about one of history's darkest moments."
New York, United States
"That's Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa Wednesday announcing Canada is moving to recognize the state of Palestine when the UN General Assembly meets in New York in about six weeks from now, after Labor Day."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Bibi Netanyahu is out of Balfour Street and Mahmoud Abbas is out of... ... in Ramallah?"
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"But he also blamed Israel's government for not only allowing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza,..."
Doha, Qatar
"Others are calling it appeasement, appeasement of terrorism and a massive victory for Hamas, who at last report have now cut off peace negotiations in Qatar over the food situation in Gaza."
Cairo, Egypt
"it has a peace treaty with Egypt."
Amman, Jordan
"it has a peace treaty with Jordan."
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
"But you're right, that is very important. And the fact that they have all agreed that Hamas will not be a participant in the elections or in the governance of Palestine going forward, or the governance of the Gaza Strip, if that for a period has to be separated out."
London, United Kingdom
"Recently, on another media outlet, CBC, when they asked you about the United Kingdom's announcement..."
Ankara, Turkey
"Including Turkey, UAE and Qatar and Saudi, of course, but Turkey, whose relations, their relations with Israel are pretty bad right now."
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
"Including Turkey, UAE and Qatar and Saudi, of course, but Turkey, whose relations, their relations with Israel are pretty bad right now."
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