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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: After gunfire in the West Bank, Carney is demanding answers from Israel. What comes next?
Description: It’s been a tumultuous week in diplomatic relations between Israel and Canada.
The most shocking news, of course, has been the recent murder of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D.C., who were gunned down on May 21 by a man calling for “Free Palestine”. Amid the international condemnations, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated and appalled” by the attack, calling it “a violent act of antisemitism.”
But even before that incident, Carney was making news in Israel. Canada joined France and the United Kingdom in threatening sanctions against the Jewish State over the...