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Wars and conflicts International Canada-Québec
by Yves Engler
"Part of the US Security Coordinator office in Jerusalem, the Canadian military mission in the West Bank (dubbed Operation PROTEUS) now includes RCMP officers as well as officials from Foreign Affairs, Justice Canada and the Canadian Border Services Agency. According to deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Kent, Operation PROTEUS is Canada’s ’second largest deployment after Afghanistan and it receives ’most of the money’ from a 5 year $300 Million Canadian ’aid’ program to support the security apparatus of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.."