NEWS RELEASES

January 30, 2004 (5:05 p.m. EST) No. 14

GRAHAM EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF

YECHEZKEL GOLDBERG

Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham today extended condolences to the family of Yechezkel Goldberg, the Canadian-Israeli citizen killed in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on January 29.

"Canadians join me in expressing deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Goldberg," said Minister Graham. "We are profoundly saddened by the loss of a fellow Canadian and an outstanding professional. He will be greatly missed by all those whose lives he touched and helped make better."

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