Trudeau, Netanyahu hold first meeting during Paris conference [Video]

PARIS – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among the 151 national representatives to attend the 21st United Nations climate conference in Paris, weeks after the city faced a deadly terror attack that left 130 dead, and several more injured.

“I’m not choosing between the fight against terror and the fight against global climate change,” French President François Hollande said during his opening remarks, before holding a moment of silence for victims of terror in France, Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia, and Mali.

“Because we must leave our children more than a planet free of terrorism … We must leave them a viable planet,” he said.

On Monday, Trudeau and Netanyahu – who earlier, for the first time in five years, shook hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (also in attendance) – met in person for the first time, following a phone call from the Israeli PM congratulating Trudeau’s election win last month.

“I’m delighted to see Prime …

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