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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: What did Marc Garneau accomplish in his trip to Israel?
Description: Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marc Garneau, became the first foreign minister to visit Israel since Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government was sworn on June 13. Garneau arrived on Canada Day and spent the weekend meeting Bennett and Israel's foreign minister, Yair Lapid, among others.
Garneau's main goal was to lower "the temperature" regarding the conflict between Israel and Gaza, and to reiterate Canada’s positions on peace, settlements and the controversial forced evictions happening in East Jerusalem. He also announced more funding for research and development projects between the two countries.
So what are the...