Reaction to PM Mark Carney's Plans to Recognize a Palestinian State

Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: FORD GOV'T APPEALING COURT RULING OVER BIKE LANES Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis. The Ford government is appealing a court ruling over bike lanes and Toronto City Council has approved a colour coding system for rental units that is meant to hold landlords accountable. Our panelists react to the latest! PM MARK CARNEY PLANS TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF PALESTINE (WITH CONDITIONS) Libby Znaimer is joined by Iddo Moed, the Ambassador of Israel to Canada. Mr. Moed gives us Israel's official point of view on Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing that he'll recognize a Palestinian state in September, should certain conditions be met including the Palestinian Authorities' Mahmoud Abbas calling an election in 2026 without Hamas being part of that. Just how realistic is that? Also, this is a major change in Canada's approach to Israel. How did we get here? MORE REACTION TO PM MARK CARNEY'S PLANS TO RECOGNIZE STATE OF PALESTINE Libby Znaimer is joined by Vivian Bercovici, a former Canadian ambassador to Israel, followed by Professor Gabriel Ben Dor, who teaches National Security and Political science at the University of Haifa and was formerly the head of the university's program for national security studies. We get further reaction to Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to recognize the State of Palestine in September (with conditions).