Carney’s first foreign policy test begins in the Middle East

By failing to condemn blatant violations of international law, the Liberal government has defaulted to the same old reactive alignment with the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As destruction and casualties mount in the Middle East, this marks the first major international test for Carney, writes Younes Zangiabadi.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY YOUNES ZANGIABADI

June 18, 2025

The Middle East is now witnessing an unprovoked war waged by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a long-sought conflict with Iran that is likely to continue for weeks, if not months, with the entire region and the United States at risk of being dragged in. As destruc...

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