Just days after Canadian lawmakers voted to stop further export permits of arms sales to Israel, the Israeli ambassador to Ottawa, Iddo Moed, hinted the move would not go unanswered. He told The CJN that Canada’s decision to halt weapons sales—even though the motion was non-binding on the government—sent “the wrong message at the wrong time.” However, Moed denied that Canada’s new policy would make it harder for Israel to defend itself in its current war against Hamas. This is a walk back from comments the ambassador made earlier last week to other media organizations. So how does Israel now view Canada’s pivot in military support for Israel after the March 18 House of Commons vote? What does Israel make of Canada becoming the first G7 country to renew funding for UNRWA, before the UN’s own internal investigation is finished? Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau even welcome in Israel anymore? Moed returns to _The CJN Daily _nearly six months after his first interview with us, which took place just hours following the Oct. 7 massacre.

What we talked about

Follow Iddo Moed on Twitter to see his daily posts about the remaining hostages
Hear Moed’s first interview with The CJN Daily after Oct. 7, on The CJN.ca (transcript available)

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Israel ‘weighing its options’ on retaliation for Canada’s weapon sales ban, says ambassador Iddo Moed