Diplomatic Circles

Israel’s ties with Liberals ‘peachy,’ friendship maintained from Conservative days, says envoy

‘We see the same level of bipartisan friendship from the Liberal government’ as the previous Conservatives, he says.

Israeli Ambassador Nimrod Barkan stands in front of photos and personal collections from his career in the foreign service in his Ottawa office.The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 22, 2017

Israeli Ambassador Nimrod Barkan is dismissing any suggestion that the Liberal government has somehow distanced itself from the steadfast position on Israel that became somewhat of a trademark of former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s years in power. “Everything i...

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