Canada pledges $100M for Palestine at United Nations General Assembly

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday that Canada is pledging $100 million in new aid for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)Social SharingPrime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is pledging $100 million in new aid for Palestine in an effort to preserve "the possibility of a two-state solution."

The funding includes $80 million in humanitarian aid, while the rest is development funding for security initiatives, including top-up funds for a multi-year project to train police in the West Bank.

Carney announced the funding on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

He said Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing "immense human suffering" while Israelis face "existential threats from Hamas and from Iran and its proxies."

Ottawa has pledged more than $600 million in aid for Palestinian civilians since the Israel-Hamas war started in October 2023.

New documents tabled in Parliament this week list the damage done to dozens of Canadian-funded aid projects by Israel's military and settlers.

In a joint statement with France and the United Kingdom earlier this month, Canada announced it would ban the import of goods from West Bank settlements, citing settler violence as a reason for the move.

Carney also spoke out on Tuesday against Israel's planned E1 settlement that critics say would split the West Bank in two.