Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September. This would be a dangerous, highly premature decision — and a foreign policy blunder that could embarrass Canada while compounding the crisis in the Middle East instead of bringing Israelis and Palestinians anywhere closer to a lasting peace.

The government’s dubious plan is predicated on assurances from the ruling Palestinian Authority (PA) that it will demilitarize and hold elections (for the first time in nearly two decades) that exclude Hamas, the terrorist group that launched the October 7 massacre and continues to hold dozens of hostages.

Canada should know, from experience, not to treat the PA as a legitimate state actor. It has offered similar rhetorical concessions i

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