(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Nevine Khalil - According to an informed Egyptian source, the candidate under consideration is Mohamed El-Orabi, who has been Egypt's ambassador to Berlin since October 2001. El-Orabi served as deputy chief of mission at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv from 1994 to 1998, and has also served tours in Washington and London. It is almost certain that both the Jordanian and Egyptian ambassadors will return to Israel by March. Common sense dictated that Egypt could not successfully play the role of an arbitrator between Israel and the PA without having an ambassador in Israel.
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