Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $100 million in new assistance for Palestinians Tuesday during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need to preserve prospects for a two-state solution. The package includes $80 million for humanitarian aid and $20 million for peace and security efforts, according to the Canadian government. Carney said the funding responds to suffering in Gaza while acknowledging security concerns affecting Israelis. “In Gaza, immense human suffering continues,” Carney said ahead of a meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. Carney also pointed to threats faced by Israelis from Hamas, Iran and groups allied with Tehran. He warned that international backing for a two-state solution “will mean nothing if these conditions continue.” The meeting focused on the proposed creation of separate Israeli and Palestinian states and on carrying out Security Council Resolution 2803, a U.S.-backed plan intended to end the regional conflict. The announcement followed a joint decision by Canada, Britain and France to take steps to restrict trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The governments have cited Israel’s planned settlement construction in the E1 area near East Jerusalem and rising settler violence as threats to the creation of a viable Palestinian state. Carney defended the proposed trade restrictions as “pragmatic, practical action” aimed at keeping a negotiated two-state outcome possible. Burnham urged governments to move beyond statements of support. Failing to act, he said, would “further corrode trust in the political, diplomatic and international process.” Canada formally recognized Palestinian statehood in 2025, abandoning its earlier position that recognition should come only after a negotiated agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Carney said at the time that settlement expansion and the war in Gaza had seriously weakened the chances of such an agreement. The new pledge adds to a separate $100 million funding package announced by Canada in June for organizations providing assistance in Gaza and the West Bank. That earlier funding was directed largely toward emergency food, medical care and other humanitarian needs, and included $13.7 million for peace and stabilization programs.