canada's position on the palestine thing is not the same as the channel consensus, and it would appear to be unlikely that recognition will come from ottawa. the likelihood of the pa being able to organize elections without hamas is pretty slim, which is the point i'm making. what state is this? the polls i've seen have hamas ahead in the west bank, even.

the canadian position is very canadian, if you're canadian - it's recognition if necessary, but not necessarily recognition. 

there will be no recognition and the pm knows that, but it lets him avoid recognition while supporting it abstractly. that sounds good if you're appealing to a base, but such a base doesn't exist in canada, and both the opposition and donald trump are already chomping at the bit.

i think the united states should be strongly pushing for elections in the west bank and tying it to funding. there's actually potential for common ground here, in opposition to the europeans.

the media blames it on israel, and israel blames it on hamas.

hamas blames it on egypt. 

egypt does have a lot of responsibility, broadly.

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