(31 Jul 2025)
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Ramallah, West Bank – 31 July 2025
1. Wide of the Canadian representative’s building in the West Bank city of Ramallah
2. Canadian flag
3. People walking next to newspaper stand
4. Newspaper headline, reads (Arabic): "Canadian Prime Minister announces that his country will recognize the State of Palestine in September"
5. People waking next to newspaper stand
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Abdul Majeed al-Swaiti, Ramallah resident:
"A decision that is respected and supported by the Palestinian people, resulting from the struggles of our people and the emergence of Palestinian rights through the Palestinian national resistance."
7. Wide of street
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Suha Othman, Ramallah resident:
"Regarding Canada’s recognition, for me, this is an achievement for us because all the countries have started; France was the first, then Canada, and Spain. It’s clear that we have reached a broader understanding of the Palestinian cause, and people are becoming more aware of us. Hopefully, this is a path towards intellectual and ideological liberation that was previously imposed on us, suggesting that we are not a state without a people. This is proof that we are a state and have existed for hundreds of years."
9. Wide of Ramallah streets
10. Set up of Omar Awadallah, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Omar Awadallah, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs:
"We welcome Canada’s recognition of the State of Palestine as a step in the right direction, and that they join the group of countries that have produced positive outcomes by adopting the New York Declaration. The international peace conference was held in recent days. This is part of recognizing the natural and legal right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and I believe this is part of implementing the two-state solution based on the recognition of the Palestinian state."
12. Flags
13. Exterior with Palestinian flag
14. Exterior of building, sign reads (Arabic/English) "State of Palestine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
15. Wide of Ministry of Foreign Affairs building
STORYLINE:
Palestinians in Ramallah welcomed on Thursday an announcement by the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on recognizing a Palestinian state.
Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Carney announced on Wednesday, the latest in a series of symbolic announcements that are part of a broader global shift against Israel’s policies in Gaza.
Omar Awadallah, the assistant minister of foreign affairs welcomed the announcement as "a step in the right direction".
"It’s clear that we have reached a broader understanding of the Palestinian cause, and people are becoming more aware of us," said Suha Othman, a resident from Ramallah.
Carney convened a Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in the battered Palestinian territory.
He said it came after he discussed the crisis with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer who announced a similar move on Tuesday.
Leaders are under mounting pressure over the issue as scenes of hunger in Gaza have horrified so many across the world.
“The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,” Carney said.
“Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025,” Carney said — a move that he said was predicated on the Palestinian Authority “holding general elections in 2026 in which Hamas can play no part, and to demilitarize the Palestinian state.”
Carney said he spoke to Marcon on Wednesday.
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