Michael Ignatieff M.P. Etobicoke-Lakeshore & Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

'Canada and Israel: A Personal Perspective on the Ties That Bind'

Sunday night, at the Holy Blossom Temple, Michael addressed his relationship with Jewish Canadians in a speech meant to "rebuild trust and set the record straight" on his 2006 comments that Israel had committed a war crime.

"I've been to Israel half a dozen times and lived there on two separate occasions, once in 1988, when I was covering Intifada 1 for the BBC and again in 1999 when I was a guest of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba. Thanks to these good times, I count Israelis among my dearest and truest friends."


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