A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew website Ynet reported, on Wednesday, that there is an unusual state of diplomatic tension between Israel and its close friend Canada , due to the latter's baffling decision to reduce the level of security at the Israeli embassy in the capital, Ottawa, despite the security threats.

According to the site, officials at the Israeli embassy talked about the existence of a risk of "terrorist" attacks, but the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country's security services refuse to increase security at the embassy despite repeated requests from Tel Aviv in this regard 3 years ago.

The site indicated that, unusually, the Israeli embassy in Canada took the initiative to publish the story and informed the Canadian media about the matter.

The Canadian authorities refuse to comment on the case, stressing that this is linked to measures taken continuously by the concerned security authorities according to concrete threats.