Israel, Canada deny report that Mossad still uses fake Canadian passports
Israel-Canada, Politics, 11/5/1998

Just one year after the attempt made by Israeli Mossad agents using forged Canadian passports to assassinate Khaled Mishal, chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, in Jordan, Canadian television on Wednesday reported that Mossad agents try to carry Canadian passports illegally.

This was done by the Israelis "despite promises that Israel would stop doing so," Canadian television reported on Wednesday.

The Israeli prime minister's media advisor denied that Mossad agents continue to use Canadian passports, saying that there is "no basis" for the Canadian media reports.

Canadian Foreign affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy on Wednesday stated that the allegations could not be corroborated.

In a statement issued Tuesday night the Canadian government said: "Minister Axworthy takes these assertions very seriously. He has instructed his officials to immediately review the claims stated in the report."

The Canadian report said that Israeli agents had repeatedly asked Leslie Lewis, a dual Canadian-Israeli citizen, to use his own passport and that of his daughter, adding that Lewis informed the Canadian authorities the Mossad approached him as recently as last February about obtaining the Canadian passport.

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