The cabinet approves the appointment of Foreign Ministry diplomat Shmuel Revel as Israel’s next ambassador to Bahrain.
Revel will be only the second ever Israeli ambassador in the Gulf nation, replacing Eitan Na’eh, who became the inaugural envoy when he took up the post in late 2021.
While Bahrain’s parliament announced in November 2023, following the start of the Gaza war, that it was recalling its envoy, sources in both foreign ministries stressed that ties remained stable and that Na’eh was remaining in his position.
Revel previously served as ambassador to Cyprus and as a trade officer in Qatar, and is currently the Foreign Ministry’s special envoy on energy. His appointment will have to be approved by Manama before he can take office.
The cabinet also unanimously approves a range of other ambassadors and consuls general, including Ronen Kraus as the next ambassador to Azerbaijan, Eliaz Luf as the next consul in Montreal, Elad Strohmayer as the next consul in Chicago and Eitan Weiss as the next consul in Atlanta.
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