Arthur Lourie, assistant director-general of the Israel Foreign Ministry and for many years Israel Consul-General in New York, has been appointed Israel Ambassador to Canada, the embassy disclosed today. He will arrive here to take up his new duties the end of September. Like his predecessor, Michael S. Comay, who has returned to Israel, Mr. Lourie is a native of South Africa.
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