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A new vision for Middle East peace emerged this week which proposes the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank, the disarming and disbanding of Hamas and the creation of a unified Palestinian state. The plan emerged from a “high-level conference” in New York on July 29, which…

US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that his country would recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September.

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Canada follows UK and France in move to recognise Palestine at UN — but risks row with US and fallout with Israel

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

‘Oh’ Canada,’ President Trump mocked on social media as his reinstated ‘Liberation Day’ deadline looms

U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized Canada’s decision to back statehood for Palestine, warning that this move could jeopardize trade negotiations between the two countries.

France has welcomed Canada’s announcement that it will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September – and says it will continue working to persuade other countries to do the same.

It comes as high-level representatives met at a UN conference on a two-state solution, which Israel and the United States have boycott.