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AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE Deborah Lyons (second right) welcomes their excellencies David Johnston (left), governor-general of Canada, and his wife, Sharon (second left), at Ben-Gurion Airport, in the company of Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and Ambassador to Canada Rafi Barak.(photo credit: CANADIAN EMBASSY)ByGREER FAY CASHMAN