OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday his government intends to recognize a Palestinian state. Here's a closer look at why that's happening and what it all means. Is Palestine a country? The name Palestine has been attached to an area of the Middle East for centuries. Britain took control of the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The U.K. endorsed calls by Jewish organizations to populate the area based on Jews' ancestral ties to the Middle East. The Zionist movement emerged as a response to centuries of violent persecution of Jews in Europe, up to and...
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