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Canada is preparing to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state but will withhold full normalization of relations until the territory’s leaders deliver on commitments they made, including the release of Israeli hostages, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said today.

Steven Chase reports that, while speaking to reporters during a visit with Prime Minister Mark Carney to Mexico, Anand said she intended to speak later in the day with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to drive this point home.

She said Canada’s conditions include Hamas laying down

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