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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Israelās new envoy on antisemitism has harsh words for Canada after its abstention in a UN vote on the war with Hamas
Description: Just ahead of her first visit to Canada as Israelās newly-appointed Special Envoy on Combatting Antisemitism, Michal Cotler-Wunsh had strong criticism of the Trudeau governmentās decision to abstain last week on a vote at the United Nationsā General Assembly about the Israel Hamas war.
Cotler-Wunsh calls the decision by Canada to abstain, rather than vote āNoā: āworse than silenceā.
The new special envoy arrives in Canada today for talks in Ottawa on Parliament Hill, and then speaks in Toronto at a fundraiser for a Jewish group. Cotler-Wunsh is Israeli, but grew up in Canada, the daughter of pr...