Operation PROTEUS

The Canadian Forces has deployed seventeen military staff officers to assist the Office of the United States Security Coordinator (USSC). The USSC encourages and supports Israeli-Palestinian security coordination related to Israeli disengagement from Gaza and the West Bank and to lead and coordinate international assistance towards those efforts. Canada's contribution to this international mission is known as Operation PROTEUS. This international mission was established in the context of Palestinian security sector reform, as called for in the Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP).