Israel’s ambassador to Canada suggests that there might have been a deliberate effort to provoke Israeli soldiers before they fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation — which included Canadians — in the West Bank on Wednesday.
Four members of a Canadian delegation were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fired warning shots in the area. Two are Canadian citizens, including Ottawa’s top diplomat in the West Bank, and two are locally hired staff. No one was injured during the incident.
Israel’s Ambassador Iddo Moed suggested during an interview with CBC News Network’s Power & Politics that the diplomats may have been led astray to intentionally try to provoke the IDF soldiers.
“They went into the soldiers. There was nothing to see. There was a barrier, a very clear barrier. So what was the idea to walk into that …