Canada allocates C$100 million for Palestinian aid and security
Mark Carney said most of the pledge would fund humanitarian assistance, while Canada plans trade restrictions on goods produced in Israeli settlements.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced C$100 million in assistance for Palestinians, saying the funding is intended to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution. The pledge was made on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Eighty per cent will go to direct humanitarian aid. The remaining 20 per cent is for peace and security, including a multiyear initiative to train Palestinian police in the occupied West Bank.
Carney criticised Israel’s E1 settlement project and said Canada intends to bring forward trade restrictions on goods produced in settlements. The source does not specify when those restrictions would take effect or which goods they would cover.
French President Emmanuel Macron criticised restrictions on aid deliveries to Gaza. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged action towards a two-state solution and said Britain had banned trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Canada has pledged more than C$600 million in aid for Palestinian civilians since the start of the war, according to Al Jazeera, which reported the leaders’ statements.
