Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Reuven Rivlin, presented Mount Royal MP Irwin Cotler, the International Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, with an award "in testimony and tribute to his outstanding service in the fight against anti-Semitism".

 
The award was presented at a moving ceremony held at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem in conjunction with the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, attended by some 500 international delegates, including a sizeable Canadian delegation of Parliamentarians and NGO representatives.
 
The previous evening, former Justice Minister Cotler, currently serving as Special Counsel for Human Rights and International Justice, received the prestigious Aliza & Menachem Begin Prize at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem “…for his leadership in the field of international law and human rights…”

 

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