Several Canadians were ensnared in a drug case on an exchange program that brings Canadian Jewish teens together with their Israeli counterparts, according to the Canadian Jewish News. A group of 17-year-olds on Canadian Young Judaea’s Biluim Israel program were not arrested, but were called as witnesses in an Israeli case this month after allegedly buying drugs in Tel Aviv.
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