From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 2, 2018
New Israeli ambassador to Jordan presents credentials to Abdullah
Amir 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
