{"id":19267,"date":"2025-07-31T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/?post_type=article&#038;p=19267"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:16:48","slug":"green-party-welcomes-recognition-of-palestine","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/green-party-welcomes-recognition-of-palestine","title":{"rendered":"Green Party Welcomes Recognition of Palestine, Urges Canada to Match Words with Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elizabeth May on Al Jazeera: End Arms Exports, End the Suffering\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mN-ceU3MlZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>OTTAWA \u2014 <\/strong>The Green Party of Canada welcomes Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s announcement that Canada will recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations this September \u2014 but warns that recognition must be accompanied by immediate humanitarian action and an end to arms shipments fueling the genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis is a long-overdue shift in Canadian foreign policy,\u201d said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, speaking on Al Jazeera following the Prime Minister\u2019s remarks. \u201cBut between now and September, we must do far more than talk. Canada must move swiftly to end the suffering we are seeing daily \u2014 through an arms embargo, full access for humanitarian aid, and diplomatic pressure on all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">May acknowledged that the recognition of Palestine is a departure from decades of Canadian alignment with U.S. policy in the region. \u201cCanadians have felt complicit in this horror for too long,\u201d she said. \u201cWe cannot decry Hamas\u2019s atrocities while ignoring the deliberate starvation and collective punishment of civilians in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Carney\u2019s announcement came just hours after the release of a U.N.-backed report confirming that the worst-case famine scenario is now unfolding in Gaza. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, endorsed by multiple U.N. agencies, found that one in five people in Gaza are facing starvation, with children at extreme risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In response, the Green Party is calling on the Government of Canada to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>End all arms exports to Israel<\/strong>, in accordance with Canada\u2019s legal obligations under international humanitarian law;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Demand immediate humanitarian access to Gaza<\/strong>, including food, clean water, fuel, and medical supplies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Recognize Palestinian statehood without delay<\/strong>, as a step toward a two-state solution grounded in peace, human rights, and accountable civilian governance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">May emphasized that recognition alone is not enough. \u201cWe promised an arms embargo in the last Parliament, only to see weapons continue to flow. We can\u2019t repeat that pattern,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must join like-minded nations in pushing for compassionate assistance now \u2014 not in six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Green Party continues to stand in solidarity with humanitarian organizations and the global movement calling for justice, dignity, and an end to the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere is no point in talking about a two-state solution,\u201d said May, \u201cif one of those states has been reduced to rubble and starvation. Canada must lead \u2014 not lag \u2014 in defending human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>-30-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For media inquiries or to arrange an interview:<br><\/strong>media@greenparty.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Green Party of Canada welcomes Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s announcement that Canada will recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations this September \u2014 but warns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"location":[33],"section":[6],"class_list":["post-19267","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","location-ottawa","section-media-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/19267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=19267"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=19267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}