Netanyahu toured the Miraflores Visitors Center of the canal with Dani Kuzniecky, the Panama Canal Authority's minister for canal affairs and chairman of the board. ACP officials briefed Netanyahu on canal operations and plans for expansion and addition of a third set of locks.
| Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out over the Miraflores Lock of the Panama Canal during a visit Wednesday. |
Netanyahu was prime minister in 1996-1999. He is chairman of the conservative Likud Party and is the official Opposition Leader in Israel's legislative body, the Knesset.
