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Israeli Ambassador: Canadian Green Party's Pro-Boycott Policy "Totally Unhelpful" to Peace
(Ottawa Citizen-Canada) Ian MacLeod - Responding Monday to the Canadian Green Party's weekend decision to embrace a global campaign to ostracize Israel despite objections from Green Leader Elizabeth May, Israel's ambassador to Canada, Refael Barak, said he "deeply regret(s)" the decision. Supporting BDS "prejudicially singles out Israel, and is totally unhelpful to those who support the pursuit of a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians." Foreign investments in Israeli assets hit a record high last year of $285.12 billion, a near-tripling from 2005 when the BDS campaign was launched by Palestinians, according to Bloomberg.