Colleagues, welcome to meeting number 39 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
We're meeting today pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on May 25, 2021, to receive a briefing on the current situation in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
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I would now like to welcome our witnesses from Global Affairs Canada. We have with us this afternoon Troy Lulashnyk, director general, Maghreb, Egypt, Israel and West Bank and Gaza; and Karen Garner, director, Israel, West Bank and Gaza.
Mr. Lulashnyk, the floor is yours for your opening remarks of five minutes.