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Sunday, September 2, 2018
New Israeli ambassador to Jordan presents credentials to Abdullah
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAmir Weissbrod, Israel’s new ambassador to Jordan, presents his credentials to King Abdullah II in Amman, officially taking up the sensitive diplomatic post.
Israel’s Ambassador to Jordan , His Excellency Amir Weissbrod, presents today his letters and credentials to His Majesty the King of Jordan . A great moment in our common history . Dear Ambassador- lots of success in your important position ???????? ???????? @IsraelMFA pic.twitter.com/cspjYkhSHr
— Emmanuel Nahshon ????️ (@EmmanuelNahshon) September 2, 2018
The post had been vacant for over a year, since Israel’s last ambassador to Jordan, Einat Schlein, hurriedly left Amman in July 2017 amid a tense a diplomatic standoff following the shooting deaths of two Jordanians by an Israeli security guard who Israel said opened fire in self-defense after one of the men tried to stab him.
A career diplomat who previously headed the Middle East Bureau at the Foreign Ministry’s Center for Political Research, Weissbrod is a fluent Arabic speaker who served as first secretary in Israel’s Jordanian embassy between 2001 and 2004.
— Raphael Ahren
The Times of Israel Community.