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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: What’s the deal with that photo showing Ya’ara Saks holding hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas?
Description: The photo has caused outrage in Canada’s Jewish community. Last week, the government released an image of the minister of foreign affairs, Melanie Joly, and Ya’ara Saks—her Israeli-Canadian cabinet colleague and Toronto area MP—smiling and holding hands in Ramallah with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. The grip and grin photo was taken on March 12, while the two Canadian politicians were on a diplomatic swing through the region, pledging aid to both sides while the war between Israel and Hamas enters its 24th week.
The furor over the photo comes just as Canadian lawmaker...