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Monday, May 15, 2023
Report: US mulls tapping ex-envoy to Israel Dan Shapiro as point person on Abraham Accords
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly considering appointing former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro as the State Department’s point person on the Abraham Accords, the series of US-brokered normalization deals between the Jewish state and Arab neighbors.
Shapiro, who served as envoy during former US president Barack Obama’s administration, may become the first to hold such a position in the State Department, according to the Walla news site, which cites two unnamed senior US officials.
Such an appointment would signal the intention of Joe Biden’s current administration to expand the Abraham Accords to more countries.
Shapiro and the State Department have declined to comment, the report says.