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Ties with Israel reach a 'peak'
The Canadian Press / JERUSALEM (Jan 23, 2007)

Israel says its public security minister will visit Canada to further develop strong bilateral ties said to have reached a "peak" since the Conservatives were voted into office in Ottawa a year ago. ...

Ties with Israel reach a 'peak'
The Canadian Press / JERUSALEM (Jan 23, 2007)

Israel says its public security minister will visit Canada to further develop strong bilateral ties said to have reached a "peak" since the Conservatives were voted into office in Ottawa a year ago.

Yesterday's announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met visiting Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and expressed appreciation for Canada's support for Israel even in "difficult periods."

MacKay was greeted warmly on arrival in Israel over the weekend after meeting with Palestinian and Jordanian leaders on his current Mideast tour.

There were kisses, handshakes and smiles at a Sunday meeting between MacKay and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, pictured at right.

MacKay said they had become "regular friends" and had formed a "human bond of trust and frank discussion" in almost-daily contacts during the evacuation of Canadian citizens stranded in Lebanon in last summer's war.

Livni praised MacKay as a friend who "knows how to make distinctions between right and wrong" and as "a leader of a country uniquely situated to help the moderates against the region's ideological extremists ..."

A glowing statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry noted: "The Harper government was the first to boycott Hamas immediately after its election, and supported Israel during the Lebanon war against Hezbollah. Canada is also one of Israel's staunch supporters in the United Nations and other international forums, such as the G-8."