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| 2008-12-24 00:26:32 (Beijing Time) |
| OTTAWA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Canada will keep close ties with Israel and remain to be its staunch ally, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised during a Jewish religious ceremony Monday night.
"Under my government, our country will remain a resolute defender of the Jewish faith, of Jewish religious freedom and our country will remain a staunch ally of the state of Israel," Harper said as he helped light a menorah in Calgary to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Harper also recalled visiting a museum set up at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp last spring in Poland, according to a report by the Canadian Press. He said anti-Semitism was "a pernicious evil that must be exposed, confronted and repudiated whenever and wherever it appears." Rabbis from across Canada took part in the ceremony. |
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